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diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5f17a04 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. +.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 +.. Copyright 2018 Intel Corporation, Inc + +SMS-Secret Management Service +================================== + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + installation + usage + apiswagger + + +Introduction +------------ + +This project aims at the Storage of sensitive information such as passwords. + +**Current state and gaps** + +Many services in ONAP use password based authentication. Eg: Database servers, publish/subscribe brokers etc. +Passwords are stored in plain text files in many services. +With multiple instances of these services, the attach surface area becomes very big. +Hence there is a need to ensure that attack surface related to password exposure is reduced. + +**Requirement:** + +Need for secure secret management. Services are expected to get the secret only on needed basis using secret reference and remove the secrets once they are used up. + +**Secret Service High Level Flow Diagram** + +.. image:: sms_high_level.png + :width: 4555550px + :height: 300px + :alt: SMS Flow Diagram |