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2 Security Mechanisms
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5 :Version: $Revision: 1.16 $
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7 Current situation
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10 Current logical controls:
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12 ANONYMOUS_ACCESS = 'deny'
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13 Deny or allow anonymous access to the web interface
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14 ANONYMOUS_REGISTER = 'deny'
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15 Deny or allow anonymous users to register through the web interface
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16 ANONYMOUS_REGISTER_MAIL = 'deny'
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17 Deny or allow anonymous users to register through the mail interface
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19 Current user interface authentication and controls:
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21 - command-line tool access controlled with passwords, but no logical controls
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22 - CGI access is by username and password and has some logical controls
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23 - mailgw access is through identification using sender email address, with
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24 limited functionality available
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26 The web interface implements has specific logical controls,
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27 preventing non-admin users from accessing:
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29 - other user's details pages
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30 - listing the base classes (not issues or their user page)
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31 - editing base classes
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33 Issues
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36 1. The current implementation is ad-hoc, and not complete for all `use cases`_.
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37 2. Currently it is not possible to allow submission of issues through email
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38 but restrict those users from accessing the web interface.
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39 3. Only one user may perform admin functions.
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40 4. There is no verification of users in the mail gateway by any means other
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41 than the From address. Support for strong identification through digital
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42 signatures should be added.
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43 5. The command-line tool has no logical controls.
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44 6. The anonymous control needs revising - there should only be one way to be
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45 an anonymous user, not two (currently there is user==None and
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46 user=='anonymous').
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49 Possible approaches
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52 Security controls in Roundup could be approached in three ways:
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54 1) at the hyperdb level, with read/write/modify permissions on classes, items
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55 and item properties for all or specific transitions.
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56 2) at the user interface level, with access permissions on CGI interface
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57 methods, mailgw methods, roundup-admin methods, and so on.
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58 3) at a logical permission level, checked as needed.
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60 In all cases, the security built into roundup assumes restricted access to the
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61 hyperdatabase itself, through Operating System controls such as user or group
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62 permissions.
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65 Hyperdb-level control
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68 Control is implemented at the Class.get, Class.set and Class.create level. All
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69 other methods must access items through these methods. Since all accesses go
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70 through the database, we can implement deny by default.
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72 Pros:
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74 - easier to implement as it only affects one module
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75 - smaller number of permissions to worry about
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77 Cons:
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79 - harder to determine the relationship between user interaction and hyperdb
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80 permission.
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81 - a lot of work to define
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82 - must special-case to handle by-item permissions (editing user details,
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86 User-interface control
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89 The user interfaces would have an extra layer between that which
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90 parses the request to determine action and the action method. This layer
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91 controls access. Since it is possible to require methods be registered
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92 with the security mechanisms to be accessed by the user, deny by default
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93 is possible.
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95 Pros:
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97 - much more obvious at the user level what the controls are
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101 - much more work to implement
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102 - most user interfaces have multiple uses which can't be covered by a
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103 single permission
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105 Logical control
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108 At each point that requires an action to be performed, the security mechanisms
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109 are asked if the current user has permission. Since code must call the
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110 check function to raise a denial, there is no possibility to have automatic
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111 default of deny in this situation.
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113 Pros:
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115 - quite obvious what is going on
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120 - large number of possible permissions that may be defined, possibly
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121 mirroring actual user interface controls.
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122 - access to the hyperdb must be strictly controlled through program code
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129 The CGI interface must be changed to:
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131 - authenticate over a secure connection
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132 - use unique tokens as a result of authentication, rather than pass the user's
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134 sessions and hence a session database)
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137 - implement the permission module
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138 - implement a Role editing interface for users
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139 - implement htmltemplate tests on permissions
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140 - switch all code over from using config vars for permission checks to using
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141 permissions
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142 - change all explicit admin user checks for Role checks
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143 - include config vars for initial Roles for anonymous web, new web and new
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144 email users
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146 The mail gateway must be changed to:
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148 - use digital signatures
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