[LU-19073] lgss_sk should handle ASCII-encoded SSK keys

• Type: Improvement
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Priority: Minor
• Affects Version/s: Lustre 2.16.1
• Labels: MTFL SSK easy
• Severity: 3
• Epic Link: MTFL: Stretch goals
• Assignee: Core Lustre Triage
• Reporter: Andreas Dilger

Description

For ease of use, it was proposed that the SSK keys could be ASCII-encoded (e.g. base64 or gss_base64url_encode()) so that they can be more easily processed by user tools (e.g. copy-paste from EMF SSK generator web interface or similar). lgss_sk and other tools should be able to transparently detect the ASCII-encoded key format (e.g. by some string at the beginning, like "Lustre SSK v1.0\n" ) and decode it into the current binary struct format in memory (after skipping the descriptive string).

Issue Links

• is related to: LU-19069 mount.lustre should automatically generate SSK prime number