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To take advantage of these custom algorithms, we want to support java security provider parameter in security config. For instance, in streaming applications like Flink, Spark or Storm, one can configure 'spiffe.provider.SpiffeProvider' which helps in fetching the keys and certificates via a gRPC endpoint. This param can be used by kafka brokers or kafka clients(when connecting to the kafka brokers). The security providers can also be used for configuring security algorithms in SASL based communication.
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The following line will be added to the kafka server.properties thus registering and the configured provider class classes will be registered at the time of kafka broker start up
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