Overview [1]#
Apache Fortress is an Apache project and is a standards-based Access Control Engine system, written in Java, that provides Role Based Access Control, delegated administration and password Policy services with LDAP.Included are the following components:
- Core - Java Access Management SDK
- Realm - Java EE security for Apache Tomcat
- REST - HTTP protocol wrappers for the APIs
- Web - HTML pages for the APIs
It's released under terms of the Apache License 2.0.
Apache Fortress is a Role-Based Access Control security system. It uses a directory server to store the information about users, roles, permissions, etc. Out-of-the-box it supports either ApacheDS or OpenLDAP servers but works with any LDAPv3 compliant system.
ANSI Role Based Access Control (INCITS 359) (NIST RBAC
More Information#
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:- [#1] - Fortress Overview
- based on information obtained 2017-12-08-