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Apache Fortress

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Development status
  
Active

Operating system
  
Cross-platform

Written in
  
Java

Type
  
Access Control

Apache Fortress

Developer(s)
  
Apache Software Foundation

Stable release
  
2.0.0-RC1 / November 7, 2016 (2016-11-07)

Apache Fortress is an open source project of the Apache Software Foundation and a subproject of the Apache Directory. It's a standards-based access management system, written in Java, that provides role-based access control, delegated administration and password policy services with LDAP.

Contents

Standards implemented:

  • Role-Based Access Control (ANSI INCITS 359)
  • Administrative Role-Based Access Control (ARBAC02)
  • IETF Password Policy (draft)

    • Fortress has four separate components:

  • Core - Java Access Management SDK
  • Realm - Web Container security for Apache Tomcat
  • Rest - HTTP protocol wrappers for the APIs
  • Web - HTML pages for the APIs

    • History

    Fortress was first contributed in 2011 to the OpenLDAP Foundation and moved to the Apache Directory project in 2014.

    Releases

  • 2.0.0-RC1 on 2016-11-07 (current release)
  • 1.0.1 on 2016-07-22
  • 1.0.0 on 2016-04-12
  • 1.0-RC42 on 2016-03-19
  • 1.0-RC40 on 2015-04-10

    • References

    Apache Fortress Wikipedia
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