Engineer for the future of Cloud
June 10-13, 2019
San Jose, CA
Seth Vargo

Seth Vargo
Engineer, Google

Website | @sethvargo

Seth Vargo is an engineer at Google Cloud. Previously he worked at HashiCorp, Chef Software, CustomInk, and some Pittsburgh-based startups. He is the author of Learning Chef and is passionate about reducing inequality in technology. When he is not writing, working on open source, teaching, or speaking at conferences, Seth advises non-profits.

Sessions

9:00am–12:30pm Tuesday, June 11, 2019
Base64 is not encryption: A better story for Kubernetes secrets
Building Secure Systems
 Location: LL21 A/B
Seth Vargo (Google)
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By default all Kubernetes secrets are base64 encoded and stored as plaintext in etcd. Seth Vargo shares techniques for securing Kubernetes secrets, including encryption, KMS plug-ins, and tools like HashiCorp Vault and the trade-offs of each approach to better secure their clusters. Read more.