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Island 6 · Security · Port 6.1

Security primitives

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The API server is the front door. Who gets in, what can they do?
You'll learn to

answer "who can access" and "what can they do"

Recap

  1. 1Authentication = who are you? Authorization = what can you do?
  2. 2TLS between every component, SSH keys on the nodes
  3. 3401 Unauthorized ≠ 403 Forbidden
Check yourself

kubectl answers Forbidden. Which step said no?

6.1

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