dohertj2Auth (login / identity / authorization)
First normalized component. Goal: path to shared code — converge the three sister
projects onto a common identity + API-key contract, proposed as the ZB.MOM.WW.Auth
library set, while each project keeps its own authorization vocabulary.
- The one target:
spec/SPEC.md - The proposed shared library:
shared-contract/ZB.MOM.WW.Auth.md - Divergences + backlog:
GAPS.md - Current state, per project:
current-state/
Why auth is a strong first candidate
All three projects authenticate humans via LDAP (GLAuth in dev), do bind-then-search,
read groups from memberOf, use a service account, support TLS/StartTLS with an
AllowInsecureLdap dev escape hatch, and never log secrets. Two of three implement an
almost identical peppered HMAC-SHA256 API-key scheme with constant-time comparison. That
common core is re-implemented per repo and has already drifted (config key names, dev base DN,
cookie names). Authorization, by contrast, is genuinely domain-specific and is not unified.
Status by project
| Project | AuthN today | Machine auth | AuthZ model (stays per-project) | Sessions | Adoption status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OtOpcUa | LDAP (GLAuth) via OPC UA UserName token; X.509 + anonymous also | — (OPC UA transport security) | NodePermissions bitmask (data-plane ACL trie) + AdminRole (control-plane) |
Per-session UserAuthorizationState, 5-min freshness / 15-min staleness, generation-bound |
Not started |
| MxAccessGateway | LDAP (GLAuth) for dashboard | API keys (mxgw_…, SQLite, peppered HMAC, scopes + constraints) |
gRPC scopes (session:*/invoke:*/events:*/metadata:*/admin) + dashboard Admin/Viewer |
Dashboard cookie (8h sliding) + 30-min Data-Protection hub bearer | Not started |
| ScadaBridge | LDAP for UI/CLI/Management API (Basic→LDAP) | API keys (X-API-Key, peppered HMAC, per-method approval) — Inbound API only |
Roles Admin/Design/Deployment/Audit/AuditReadOnly + site-scoping |
Cookie (…ScadaBridge.Auth, 30-min idle) + 15-min refresh JWT for programmatic |
Not started |
See each project's current-state/<project>/CURRENT-STATE.md for the
code-verified detail and its adoption plan.
Normalized vs. left per-project
Normalized (the shared target): LDAP/identity config schema + canonical key names;
bind-then-search behavior incl. DN/filter escaping and timeouts; a generic group→role
mapping seam; the standardized canonical role set every project maps onto
(spec/CANONICAL-ROLES.md); the API-key contract (token format,
peppered HMAC-SHA256, constant-time compare, audit); cookie/claim conventions; dev-bypass
flag conventions; secret handling.
Left per-project (native enforcement, mapped onto the canonical roles): the authorization
enforcement vocabularies (NodePermissions / gRPC scopes / app roles + site-scoping), OPC UA
transport security, OtOpcUa's generation/staleness session model, ScadaBridge's site-scope rules.