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docs(rfc): Add RFC 0004 for plaintext listener for DyanmoDB API interface - #613
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| ExtendDB requires TLS on its only listener. That is the right default, but it blocks a common deployment pattern: terminating TLS outside the process. Operators deploying ExtendDB behind a load balancer (AWS ALB with TLS listeners, nginx, HAProxy) or inside a service mesh (Istio, Linkerd, Consul Connect, ECS Service Connect) want the proxy to own certificates, rotation, and mTLS, and forward plaintext HTTP to the backend over a link they already trust (inside a pod, a private subnet, or a mesh sidecar). |
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One additional lens: there is no longer "one right" TLS configuration. To enable ExtendDB to meet multiple customers requirements, either ExtendDB must support multiple distinct TLS configuration, or allow for customers to front ExtendDB with their own proxy.
One example of mutually exclusive TLS configuration is with PQ configuration. Some compliance requirements like CNSA 2.0 strictly require pure PQ key exchange (MLKEM1024). Other compliance requirements - and most of the industry - prefers hybridized PQ key exchange (X25519MLKEM768).
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What
This change adds RFC 0004, proposing a configuration to add a secondary plaintext listener for DynamoDB APIs. Management and metrics endpoints are excluded from plaintext operations. To restrict use of the plaintext endpoint, the
aws:SecureTransportkey has been added to enable IAM level control of users access to the plaintext and TLS endpoints.Why
ExtendDB requires TLS on its only listener. That is the right default, but it blocks a common deployment pattern: terminating TLS outside the process. Operators deploying ExtendDB behind a load balancer (AWS ALB with TLS listeners, nginx, HAProxy) or inside a service mesh (Istio, Linkerd, Consul Connect, ECS Service Connect) want the proxy to own certificates, rotation, and mTLS, and forward plaintext HTTP to the backend over a link they already trust (inside a pod, a private subnet, or a mesh sidecar).
Checklist
cargo test --workspace)cargo fmt --check)cargo clippy -- -W clippy::pedantic)Storagetrait, auth model, on-diskformat, or public CLI surface, an RFC has been accepted or is linked
below. Otherwise, an ADR captures the decision (link below).
ADR / RFC: This is the RFC.
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