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RBAC with Conditions

Conditional RoleManager

ConditionalRoleManager supports custom condition functions at the policy level.

For example, when we need a temporary role policy, we can follow the following approach:

model.conf

[request_definition]
r = sub, obj, act

[policy_definition]
p = sub, obj, act

[role_definition]
g = _, _, (_, _)

[policy_effect]
e = some(where (p.eft == allow))

[matchers]
m = g(r.sub, p.sub) && r.obj == p.obj && r.act == p.act

g = _, _, (_, _) uses (_, _) to contain a list of arguments to pass to the condition function and _ as a parameter placeholder

policy.csv

p, alice, data1, read
p, data2_admin, data2, write
p, data3_admin, data3, read
p, data4_admin, data4, write
p, data5_admin, data5, read
p, data6_admin, data6, write
p, data7_admin, data7, read
p, data8_admin, data8, write

g, alice, data2_admin, 0000-01-01 00:00:00, 0000-01-02 00:00:00
g, alice, data3_admin, 0000-01-01 00:00:00, 9999-12-30 00:00:00
g, alice, data4_admin, _, _
g, alice, data5_admin, _, 9999-12-30 00:00:00
g, alice, data6_admin, _, 0000-01-02 00:00:00
g, alice, data7_admin, 0000-01-01 00:00:00, _
g, alice, data8_admin, 9999-12-30 00:00:00, _

Basic Usage

Add a conditional function for the role policy(gtype policy) through AddNamedLinkConditionFunc, and when enforcing is executed, the corresponding parameters will be automatically obtained and passed in the conditional function for checking. If the check passes, then the corresponding role policy(g type policy) is valid, otherwise it is invalid

e.AddNamedLinkConditionFunc("g", "alice", "data2_admin", util.TimeMatchFunc)
e.AddNamedLinkConditionFunc("g", "alice", "data3_admin", util.TimeMatchFunc)
e.AddNamedLinkConditionFunc("g", "alice", "data4_admin", util.TimeMatchFunc)
e.AddNamedLinkConditionFunc("g", "alice", "data5_admin", util.TimeMatchFunc)
e.AddNamedLinkConditionFunc("g", "alice", "data6_admin", util.TimeMatchFunc)
e.AddNamedLinkConditionFunc("g", "alice", "data7_admin", util.TimeMatchFunc)
e.AddNamedLinkConditionFunc("g", "alice", "data8_admin", util.TimeMatchFunc)


e.enforce("alice", "data1", "read") // except: true
e.enforce("alice", "data2", "write") // except: false
e.enforce("alice", "data3", "read") // except: true
e.enforce("alice", "data4", "write") // except: true
e.enforce("alice", "data5", "read") // except: true
e.enforce("alice", "data6", "write") // except: false
e.enforce("alice", "data7", "read") // except: true
e.enforce("alice", "data8", "write") // except: false

Custom condition functions

Custom conditional functions need to conform to the following function types

type LinkConditionFunc = func(args ...string) (bool, error)

for example:

// TimeMatchFunc is the wrapper for TimeMatch.
func TimeMatchFunc(args ...string) (bool, error) {
if err := validateVariadicStringArgs(2, args...); err != nil {
return false, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", "TimeMatch", err)
}
return TimeMatch(args[0], args[1])
}

// TimeMatch determines whether the current time is between startTime and endTime.
// You can use "_" to indicate that the parameter is ignored
func TimeMatch(startTime, endTime string) (bool, error) {
now := time.Now()
if startTime != "_" {
if start, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05", startTime); err != nil {
return false, err
} else if !now.After(start) {
return false, nil
}
}

if endTime != "_" {
if end, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05", endTime); err != nil {
return false, err
} else if !now.Before(end) {
return false, nil
}
}

return true, nil
}

Conditional RoleManager with domains

model.conf

[request_definition]
r = sub, dom, obj, act

[policy_definition]
p = sub, dom, obj, act

[role_definition]
g = _, _, _, (_, _)

[policy_effect]
e = some(where (p.eft == allow))

[matchers]
m = g(r.sub, p.sub, r.dom) && r.dom == p.dom && r.obj == p.obj && r.act == p.act

policy.csv

p, alice, data1, read
p, data2_admin, data2, write
p, data3_admin, data3, read
p, data4_admin, data4, write
p, data5_admin, data5, read
p, data6_admin, data6, write
p, data7_admin, data7, read
p, data8_admin, data8, write

g, alice, data2_admin, domain2, 0000-01-01 00:00:00, 0000-01-02 00:00:00
g, alice, data3_admin, domain3, 0000-01-01 00:00:00, 9999-12-30 00:00:00
g, alice, data4_admin, domain4, _, _
g, alice, data5_admin, domain5, _, 9999-12-30 00:00:00
g, alice, data6_admin, domain6, _, 0000-01-02 00:00:00
g, alice, data7_admin, domain7, 0000-01-01 00:00:00, _
g, alice, data8_admin, domain8, 9999-12-30 00:00:00, _

Basic Usage

Add a conditional function for the role policy(gtype policy) through AddNamedDomainLinkConditionFunc, and when enforcing is executed, the corresponding parameters will be automatically obtained and passed in the conditional function for checking. If the check passes, then the corresponding role policy(g type policy) is valid, otherwise it is invalid

e.AddNamedDomainLinkConditionFunc("g", "alice", "data2_admin", "domain2", util.TimeMatchFunc)
e.AddNamedDomainLinkConditionFunc("g", "alice", "data3_admin", "domain3", util.TimeMatchFunc)
e.AddNamedDomainLinkConditionFunc("g", "alice", "data4_admin", "domain4", util.TimeMatchFunc)
e.AddNamedDomainLinkConditionFunc("g", "alice", "data5_admin", "domain5", util.TimeMatchFunc)
e.AddNamedDomainLinkConditionFunc("g", "alice", "data6_admin", "domain6", util.TimeMatchFunc)
e.AddNamedDomainLinkConditionFunc("g", "alice", "data7_admin", "domain7", util.TimeMatchFunc)
e.AddNamedDomainLinkConditionFunc("g", "alice", "data8_admin", "domain8", util.TimeMatchFunc)


e.enforce("alice", "domain1", "data1", "read") // except: true
e.enforce("alice", "domain2", "data2", "write") // except: false
e.enforce("alice", "domain3", "data3", "read") // except: true
e.enforce("alice", "domain4", "data4", "write") // except: true
e.enforce("alice", "domain5", "data5", "read") // except: true
e.enforce("alice", "domain6", "data6", "write") // except: false
e.enforce("alice", "domain7", "data7", "read") // except: true
e.enforce("alice", "domain8", "data8", "write") // except: false
e.enforce("alice", "domain_not_exist", "data1", "write") // except: false
e.enforce("alice", "domain_not_exist", "data2", "read") // except: false
e.enforce("alice", "domain_not_exist", "data3", "write") // except: false
e.enforce("alice", "domain_not_exist", "data4", "read") // except: false
e.enforce("alice", "domain_not_exist", "data5", "write") // except: false
e.enforce("alice", "domain_not_exist", "data6", "read") // except: false
e.enforce("alice", "domain_not_exist", "data7", "write") // except: false
e.enforce("alice", "domain_not_exist", "data8", "read") // except: false

Custom condition functions

Like the basic Conditional RoleManager, custom functions are supported, and there is no difference in use.

Note that DomainMatchingFunc, MatchingFunc, and LinkConditionFunc are at different levels and are used in different situations.

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