Removes max limit requirement on accessKey and secretKey length (#4730)

cmd/credential.go

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const (
 	accessKeyMinLen = 5
 
 	// Maximum length for Minio access key.
+	// There is no max length enforcement for access keys
 	accessKeyMaxLen = 20
 
 	// Minimum length for Minio secret key for both server and gateway mode.
@@ -36,11 +37,8 @@ const (
 
 	// Maximum secret key length for Minio, this
 	// is used when autogenerating new credentials.
-	secretKeyMaxLenMinio = 40
+	// There is no max length enforcement for secret keys
-
+	secretKeyMaxLen = 40
-	// Maximum secret key length allowed from client side
-	// caters for both server and gateway mode.
-	secretKeyMaxLen = 100
 
 	// Alpha numeric table used for generating access keys.
 	alphaNumericTable = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
@@ -51,18 +49,18 @@ const (
 
 // Common errors generated for access and secret key validation.
 var (
-	errInvalidAccessKeyLength = errors.New("Invalid access key, access key should be 5 to 20 characters in length")
+	errInvalidAccessKeyLength = errors.New("Invalid access key, access key should be minimum 5 characters in length")
-	errInvalidSecretKeyLength = errors.New("Invalid secret key, secret key should be 8 to 100 characters in length")
+	errInvalidSecretKeyLength = errors.New("Invalid secret key, secret key should be minimum 8 characters in length")
 )
 
 // isAccessKeyValid - validate access key for right length.
 func isAccessKeyValid(accessKey string) bool {
-	return len(accessKey) >= accessKeyMinLen && len(accessKey) <= accessKeyMaxLen
+	return len(accessKey) >= accessKeyMinLen
 }
 
 // isSecretKeyValid - validate secret key for right length.
 func isSecretKeyValid(secretKey string) bool {
-	return len(secretKey) >= secretKeyMinLen && len(secretKey) <= secretKeyMaxLen
+	return len(secretKey) >= secretKeyMinLen
 }
 
 // credential container for access and secret keys.
@@ -116,24 +114,35 @@ func createCredential(accessKey, secretKey string) (cred credential, err error)
 }
 
 // Initialize a new credential object
-func mustGetNewCredential() credential {
+func getNewCredential(accessKeyLen, secretKeyLen int) (cred credential, err error) {
 	// Generate access key.
-	keyBytes := make([]byte, accessKeyMaxLen)
+	keyBytes := make([]byte, accessKeyLen)
-	_, err := rand.Read(keyBytes)
+	_, err = rand.Read(keyBytes)
-	fatalIf(err, "Unable to generate access key.")
+	if err != nil {
-	for i := 0; i < accessKeyMaxLen; i++ {
+		return cred, err
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < accessKeyLen; i++ {
 		keyBytes[i] = alphaNumericTable[keyBytes[i]%alphaNumericTableLen]
 	}
 	accessKey := string(keyBytes)
 
 	// Generate secret key.
-	keyBytes = make([]byte, secretKeyMaxLenMinio)
+	keyBytes = make([]byte, secretKeyLen)
 	_, err = rand.Read(keyBytes)
-	fatalIf(err, "Unable to generate secret key.")
+	if err != nil {
-	secretKey := string([]byte(base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(keyBytes))[:secretKeyMaxLenMinio])
+		return cred, err
+	}
 
-	cred, err := createCredential(accessKey, secretKey)
+	secretKey := string([]byte(base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(keyBytes))[:secretKeyLen])
-	fatalIf(err, "Unable to generate new credential.")
+	cred, err = createCredential(accessKey, secretKey)
 
+	return cred, err
+}
+
+func mustGetNewCredential() credential {
+	// Generate Minio credentials with Minio key max lengths.
+	cred, err := getNewCredential(accessKeyMaxLen, secretKeyMaxLen)
+	fatalIf(err, "Unable to generate new credentials.")
 	return cred
 }

cmd/credential_test.go

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ func TestMustGetNewCredential(t *testing.T) {
 	if !cred.IsValid() {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to get new valid credential")
 	}
-	if len(cred.SecretKey) != secretKeyMaxLenMinio {
+	if len(cred.SecretKey) != secretKeyMaxLen {
-		t.Fatalf("Invalid length %d of the secretKey credential generated, expected %d", len(cred.SecretKey), secretKeyMaxLenMinio)
+		t.Fatalf("Invalid length %d of the secretKey credential generated, expected %d", len(cred.SecretKey), secretKeyMaxLen)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -36,18 +36,14 @@ func TestCreateCredential(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedResult bool
 		expectedErr    error
 	}{
-		// Access key too small.
+		// Access key too small (min 5 chars).
 		{"user", "pass", false, errInvalidAccessKeyLength},
-		// Access key too long.
+		// Long access key is ok.
-		{"user12345678901234567", "pass", false, errInvalidAccessKeyLength},
+		{"user123456789012345678901234567890", "password", true, nil},
-		// Access key contains unsuppported characters.
+		// Secret key too small (min 8 chars).
-		{"!@#$", "pass", false, errInvalidAccessKeyLength},
-		// Secret key too small.
 		{"myuser", "pass", false, errInvalidSecretKeyLength},
-		// Secret key too long.
+		// Long secret key is ok.
-		{"myuser", "pass1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890", false, errInvalidSecretKeyLength},
+		{"myuser", "pass1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890", true, nil},
-		// Success when access key contains leading/trailing spaces.
-		{" user ", cred.SecretKey, true, nil},
 		{"myuser", "mypassword", true, nil},
 		{cred.AccessKey, cred.SecretKey, true, nil},
 	}

cmd/jwt_test.go

@@ -24,8 +24,12 @@ func testAuthenticate(authType string, t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unable initialize config file, %s", err)
 	}
 	defer removeAll(testPath)
-
+	// Create access and secret keys in length, 300 and 600
-	serverCred := serverConfig.GetCredential()
+	cred, err := getNewCredential(300, 600)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unable to get new credential, %v", err)
+	}
+	serverConfig.SetCredential(cred)
 
 	// Define test cases.
 	testCases := []struct {
@@ -33,24 +37,16 @@ func testAuthenticate(authType string, t *testing.T) {
 		secretKey   string
 		expectedErr error
 	}{
-		// Access key too small.
+		// Access key (less than 5 chrs) too small.
-		{"user", "pass", errInvalidAccessKeyLength},
+		{"user", cred.SecretKey, errInvalidAccessKeyLength},
-		// Access key too long.
+		// Secret key (less than 8 chrs) too small.
-		{"user12345678901234567", "pass", errInvalidAccessKeyLength},
+		{cred.AccessKey, "pass", errInvalidSecretKeyLength},
-		// Access key contains unsuppported characters.
-		{"!@#$", "pass", errInvalidAccessKeyLength},
-		// Success when access key contains leading/trailing spaces.
-		{" " + serverCred.AccessKey + " ", serverCred.SecretKey, errInvalidAccessKeyLength},
-		// Secret key too small.
-		{"myuser", "pass", errInvalidSecretKeyLength},
-		// Secret key too long.
-		{"myuser", "pass1234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890", errInvalidSecretKeyLength},
 		// Authentication error.
 		{"myuser", "mypassword", errInvalidAccessKeyID},
 		// Authentication error.
-		{serverCred.AccessKey, "mypassword", errAuthentication},
+		{cred.AccessKey, "mypassword", errAuthentication},
 		// Success.
-		{serverCred.AccessKey, serverCred.SecretKey, nil},
+		{cred.AccessKey, cred.SecretKey, nil},
 	}
 
 	// Run tests.

cmd/server-main.go

@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ FLAGS:
   {{end}}{{end}}
 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES:
   ACCESS:
-     MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: Custom username or access key of 5 to 20 characters in length.
+     MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: Custom username or access key of minimum 5 characters in length.
-     MINIO_SECRET_KEY: Custom password or secret key of 8 to 40 characters in length.
+     MINIO_SECRET_KEY: Custom password or secret key of minimum 8 characters in length.
 
   BROWSER:
      MINIO_BROWSER: To disable web browser access, set this value to "off".

docs/config/README.md

@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ $ tree ~/.minio
 |Field|Type|Description|
 |:---|:---|:---|
 |``credential``| | Auth credential for object storage and web access.|
-|``credential.accessKey`` | _string_ | Access key of 5 to 20 characters in length. You may override this field with `MINIO_ACCESS_KEY` environment variable.|
+|``credential.accessKey`` | _string_ | Access key of minimum 5 characters in length. You may override this field with `MINIO_ACCESS_KEY` environment variable.|
-|``credential.secretKey`` | _string_ | Secret key of 8 to 40 characters in length. You may override this field with `MINIO_SECRET_KEY` environment variable.|
+|``credential.secretKey`` | _string_ | Secret key of minimum 8 characters in length. You may override this field with `MINIO_SECRET_KEY` environment variable.|
 
 Example: