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Use ThreadLocal to escalate privileges during access checks #6

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ThrawnCA opened this issue Nov 2, 2015 · 0 comments

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ThrawnCA commented Nov 2, 2015

PrivilegedActor works, but requires a stack search to detect its existence, and must be carefully guarded to prevent misuse.

Using a ThreadLocal flag to determine when we are within a check would be more efficient and likely safer. WildFly security manager does this.

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