Performance Tradeoffs in LMDB
Yes, LMDB is fast, blindingly fast. Can we make it faster still? Yes. As you should be aware, LMDB uses mmap() to map an entire database...
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Apache Fortress SAML Demo
The aim of this tutorial is to connect Apache Directory Fortress with Spring Security SAML and a common Identity Provider – SSO...
Read articleWhat Are Temporal Constraints?
DEFINED Ability to control when an entity activation occurs based on time and date criteria. Temporal constraints are typically applied...
Read articleWhat is Delegated Administration?
DEFINED The ability to control access on the security system itself. This control is exercised inside the policy administration...
Read articleWhat are Password Policies?
DEFINED A set of rules surrounding the content, quality and lifecycle of a password. WHAT ARE THEY FOR? Helps to safeguard the integrity...
Read articleThe Case for a Policy Decision Point inside the LDAP Server
WHY ON EARTH WOULD YOU DO THAT? We all understand that runtime characteristics change as processes get moved around the network. Having...
Read articleEnabling Java EE and Fortress Security inside an Apache Wicket Web App
INTRODUCTION The aim of this tutorial is to demonstrate how a simple wicket web app can be converted to use java EE and fortress security....
Read articleThe Seven Steps of Role Engineering
Role engineering takes us from a human readable policy syntax to what is loaded into an rbac engine and used by an application or system
Read articleWhy Another Open Source IAM Product?
A question that has been lingering. It’s fair game, but before I get around to actually answering, let’s remember how we got here. Late...
Read articleABAC – Where are the Functional Specs?
As a security architect I have long-awaited the means to express authorization policies using dynamic constraints – in a standard way....
Read articleUsing Roles for Access Control is NOT RBAC
Using roles for access control is not Role-Based Access Control!
Read articleNew Symas Download Site
A NEW DOWNLOAD SITE IS AVAILABLE FOR OUR PRODUCTS: HTTPS://SYMAS.COM/DOWNLOADS WHAT’S NEW? BETTER ORGANIZATION AND NAVIGATION We have...
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