OpenAAA, Open Source Authentication, Authorization and Accouting library

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Authentication

• strong mutual authentication using transport layer security
• strong mutual and anonymous authentication based on decentralized trust
• channel binding based on standard and well-defined mechanisms
• upper layers authentication based on keying material exporters [RFC-5705]
• anonymous authentication, no personal data transfered over channel
• general extension mechanisms negotiate peers whether to use specific methods
• supplemental data in the handshake protocol negotiating AAA methods [RFC-4680]
• TLS re/negotiation is used as signal for the re/authentication
• no user-credential-related risks

Accounting

• binding authenticated user context to encrypted session
• session management attributes and operation tied to secure TLS session
• secure session negotiations and session resumption are based on TLS
• no more cookies and other state information on application layer
• multipple network and/or application layers access same encrypted session
• single point log off can destroys all authenticated sessions and invalidate crypto material

Authorization

• unlimited additional upper layer authorization rules using single authenticated user context
• multipple network and/or application layers access and share same authenticated session

Interoperability

• strong interoperability with centralized and decentralized trust

TLS authentication based on decentralized trust

• strong mutual authentication without certificates and centralized authorities

TLS side channel authentication

• equivalent security as hardware-tokens
• strong mutual authentication without trusted certificates and CAs

TLS qualities and various attack mitigations features:

• cipher negotiations
• session negotiations and session resumption
• safe renegotiations
• application-layer protocol negotiation
• cryptographic integrity
• confidentiality
• channel binding using secure channel protocols

Besides AAA on application layer is allways prone to many implementation errors compared to TLS.

Examples

• TLS Server example: https://github.com/n13l/openaaa/blob/master/test/ssl/tls-server.sh
• TLS Client example: https://github.com/n13l/openaaa/blob/master/test/ssl/tls-client.sh
• HTTP2/TLS Client example: https://github.com/n13l/openaaa/blob/master/test/ssl/http2-client.sh
• Java Client example: https://github.com/n13l/http2-pkcs11/blob/master/com/openaaa/tls/Test.java
• Apache/2.4 (Unix) OpenAAA/1.0.0 OpenSSL/1.0.2 : https://aaa.rtfm.cz

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