Fine-Grained Authorization
OpenFGA is an open-source authorization solution that allows developers to build granular access control using an easy-to-read modeling language and friendly APIs.
Fastbin is a drop in replacement of pycasbin the python implementation of the great authorization management casbin.
Fastbin is designed to address the primary concern when working with large sets of rules; Performance.
The root cause of working with large rule sets is the following: casbin/core_enforcer.py#L238
Iterating over 10,000 rules to get a yes or no answer takes time, there really isn't a way around the fact. This limitation comes from the generalization that casbin attempts to support. Independent on the format of your request, or policy definition casbin if able to support your authorization mechanism.
Fastbin makes a minimal set of assumptions to allow efficient filtering of the model so that the number of rules you are iterating over to get a result is much smaller and performance can be maintained. Using Fastbin when working with rule sets of any size, it is possible to keep resolution of enforcement sub millisecond.
Casbin is a powerful and efficient open-source access control library that supports various access control models for enforcing authorization across the board.
Enforcing a set of rules is as simple as listing subjects, objects, and the desired allowed action (or any other format as per your needs) in a policy file. This is synonymous across all flows in which Casbin is used. The developer/administrator has complete control over the layout, execution, and conditions for authorization, which are set via the model file. Casbin provides an Enforcer for validating an incoming request based on the policy and model files given to the Enforcer.
Authorization plays a vital role in building secure and robust applications, ensuring that users possess the necessary permissions to access resources or perform particular actions.
In Python, developers often follow authorization anti-patterns that can potentially lead to security vulnerabilities, needless code complexity, and significant maintenance difficulties. This article examines various best practices to avoid these anti-patterns and provides strategies to implement more effective authorization in your Python applications.
Open Source Identity and Access Management
Add authentication to applications and secure services with minimum effort.
No need to deal with storing users or authenticating users.
Keycloak provides user federation, strong authentication, user management, fine-grained authorization, and more.
OpenID Connect is a simple identity layer built on top of the OAuth 2.0 protocol, which allows clients to verify the identity of an end user based on the authentication performed by an authorization server or identity provider (IdP), as well as to obtain basic profile information about the end user in an interoperable and REST-like manner. OpenID Connect specifies a RESTful HTTP API, using JSON as a data format.
OpenID Connect is an increasingly common authentication protocol: when an app prompts you to authenticate using your Facebook or Google+ credentials, the app is probably using OpenID Connect.
OpenID Connect allows a range of clients, including web-based, mobile, and JavaScript clients, to request and receive information about authenticated sessions and end-users.
OneLogin provides a custom connector option that makes it easy to configure your OpenID Connect-enabled app to use OneLogin as the Identity Provider (IdP) in an OpenID Connect flow.
For more information about API authorization, see How to setup an API Authorization PoC.
Hydra is an OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect Provider. In other words, an implementation of the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework as well as the OpenID Connect Core 1.0 framework. As such, it issues OAuth 2.0 Access, Refresh, and ID Tokens that enable third-parties to access your APIs in the name of your users.