Aserto playground

Security and privacy

authorization policy

SHOW HN2022

21points
12comments
#1,460of 2,570 in 2022
Top 57%of 2022 by points

How HN took it

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1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 6 comments about the project. Thread score +0.05.

Idea: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Seen as a useful tool for generating and testing Rego policies from OpenAPI

    From 1 comment
    • So this is basically a tool for generating and testing Rego policies from an OpenAPI spec. Very cool!
      itsronenh on HN
  • Thread discussion quality praised

    From 1 comment
    • Thanks for the link to that post - unusually good discussion on that page (even for HN)
      yodon on HN

Requests

  • Support for Dapr sidecars

    From 1 comment
    • Does your k8s sidecar approach work with https://dapr.io sidecars?
      yodon on HN

Questions

  • Whether package names must match API routes and whether one policy can cover multiple endpoints

    From 2 comments
    • Do package names have to match API routes? Can I create a policy that is shared by multiple endpoints?
      itsronenh on HN
    • By convention, we generate a package for every API definition in the OpenAPI spec. But the calling application can decide which package to use when authorizing an operation, so…
      ogazitt on HN
  • What can be done with policies created in the playground

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Open Policy Agent (OPA)

    From 1 comment
    • Authorization is a must-have for every application, but most teams have to build it from scratch. The Open Policy Agent [0] is a good place to start for creating an OSS-based…
      ogazitt on HN

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