SASL and JAAS Implementations

This Java library is designed to provide a robust and easy-to-integrate solution for user authentication and authorization in various environments. Targeted at developers and system administrators, it simplifies implementing security protocols in Java applications.

Features

• Supports a wide range of SASL mechanisms including PLAIN, CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, SCRAM-SHA-1, SCRAM-SHA-256, and SCRAM-SHA-512.
• Compatibility with multiple identity backends like Linux passwd files, htpasswd, and others.
• Implements the JAAS standard for authentication using various methods including UNIX, Apache Basic Auth, AWS Cognito, Auth0, and LDAP.
• Provides a generic ACL for resource access authorization.

Getting Started

To quickly integrate this library into your Java project, follow these steps:

1. Add the library to your project's dependency list.
2. Initialize the SASL authentication mechanism.
3. Configure the identity backend. A simple example is provided below to help you get started.

Detailed Usage

For detailed usage instructions and examples, refer to the Usage Guide.

Supported Identity Backends

The library supports a variety of identity backends, enabling flexible integration with different systems. For each backend, specific configuration might be required. Below is a list of supported backends:

• Linux passwd files
• Apache htpasswd
• AWS-Cognito
• Auth0
• Ldap
• Easy to extend to other servers

pom.xml setup

All MapsMessaging libraries are hosted on the maven central server.

Include the dependency

     <!-- Authentication module -->
    <dependency>
      <groupId>io.mapsmessaging</groupId>
      <artifactId>AuthenticationLibrary</artifactId>
      <version>1.0.4</version>
    </dependency>