canaille-globuzma/doc/development/specifications.rst

Specifications
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This page details which specifications are implemented in Canaille, and compares Canaille with other well-known identity providers.

State of the specs in Canaille
==============================

OAuth2
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- ✅ `RFC6749: OAuth 2.0 Framework <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749>`_
- ✅ `RFC6750: OAuth 2.0 Bearer Tokens <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6750>`_
- ✅ `RFC7009: OAuth 2.0 Token Revocation <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7009>`_
- ❌ `RFC7523: JWT Profile for OAuth 2.0 Client Authentication and Authorization Grants <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7523>`_
- ✅ `RFC7591: OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration Protocol <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7591>`_
- ✅ `RFC7592: OAuth 2.0 Dynamic Client Registration Management Protocol <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7592>`_
- ✅ `RFC7636: Proof Key for Code Exchange by OAuth Public Clients <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7636>`_
- ✅ `RFC7662: OAuth 2.0 Token Introspection <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7662>`_
- ✅ `RFC8414: OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server Metadata <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8414>`_
- ❌ `RFC8428: OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8428>`_
- ❌ `RFC8693: OAuth 2.0 Token Exchange <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8693>`_
- ❌ `RFC8705: OAuth 2.0 Mutual-TLS Client Authentication and Certificate-Bound Access Tokens <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8705>`_
- ❌ `RFC8707: Resource Indicators for OAuth 2.0 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8707>`_
- ❌ `RFC9068: JSON Web Token (JWT) Profile for OAuth 2.0 Access Tokens <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc9068>`_
- ❌ `RFC9101: OAuth 2.0 JWT-Secured Authorization Request (JAR) <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc9101>`_
- ❌ `RFC9126: OAuth 2.0 Pushed Authorization Requests <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc9126>`_
- ❌ `RFC9207: OAuth 2.0 Authorization Server Issuer Identification <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc9207>`_
- ❌ `RFC9394: OAuth 2.0 Rich Authorization Requests <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9396.html>`_
- ❌ `OAuth2 Multiple Response Types <https://openid.net/specs/oauth-v2-multiple-response-types-1_0.html>`_
- ❌ `OAuth2 Form Post Response Mode <https://openid.net/specs/oauth-v2-form-post-response-mode-1_0.html>`_

OpenID Connect
--------------

- ✅ `OpenID Connect Core <https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-core-1_0.html>`_
- ✅ `OpenID Connect Discovery <https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-discovery-1_0.html>`_
- ✅ `OpenID Connect Dynamic Client Registration <https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-registration-1_0.html>`_
- ✅ `OpenID Connect RP Initiated Logout <https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-rpinitiated-1_0.html>`_
- ❌ `OpenID Connect Session Management <https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-session-1_0.html>`_
- ❌ `OpenID Connect Front Channel Logout <https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-frontchannel-1_0.html>`_
- ❌ `OpenID Connect Back Channel Logout <https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-backchannel-1_0.html>`_
- ❌ `OpenID Connect Back Channel Authentication Flow <https://openid.net/specs/openid-client-initiated-backchannel-authentication-core-1_0.html>`_
- ❌ `OpenID Connect Core Error Code unmet_authentication_requirements <https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-unmet-authentication-requirements-1_0.html>`_
- ✅ `Initiating User Registration via OpenID Connect 1.0 <https://openid.net/specs/openid-connect-prompt-create-1_0.html>`_

SCIM
----

- ❌ `RFC7642: System for Cross-domain Identity Management: Definitions, Overview, Concepts, and Requirements <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7642>`_
- ❌ `RFC7643: System for Cross-domain Identity Management: Core Schema <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7642>`_
- ❌ `RFC7644: System for Cross-domain Identity Management: Protocol <https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7642>`_

Comparison with other providers
===============================

Here is a feature comparison with other OpenID Connect server software.

Canaille voluntarily only implements the OpenID Connect protocol to keep its codebase simple.

+---------------+-------+-----------+------+---------------------------+--------------+
| Software      | Project                  | Protocols implementations | Backends     |
|               +-------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+
|               | FLOSS | Language  | LOC  | OIDC | SAML | CAS  | SCIM | LDAP | SQL   |
+===============+=======+===========+======+======+======+======+======+======+=======+
| Canaille      | ✅    | Python    | 10k  | ✅   | ❌   | ❌   | ❌   | ✅   | ✅    |
+---------------+-------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+
| `Auth0`_      | ❌    | ❔        | ❔   | ✅   | ✅   | ❌   | ✅   | ✅   | ❔    |
+---------------+-------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+
| `Authelia`_   | ✅    | Go        | 50k  | ✅   | ❌   | ❌   | ❌   | ✅   | ✅    |
+---------------+-------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+
| `Authentic2`_ | ✅    | Python    | 65k  | ✅   | ✅   | ✅   | ❌   | ✅   | ✅    |
+---------------+-------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+
| `Authentik`_  | ✅    | Python    | 55k  | ✅   | ✅   | ❌   | ✅   | ✅   | ✅    |
+---------------+-------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+
| `CAS`_        | ✅    | Java      | 360k | ✅   | ✅   | ✅   | ✅   | ✅   | ❌    |
+---------------+-------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+
| `Connect2id`_ | ❌    | ❔        | ❔   | ✅   | ✅   | ❌   | ❌   | ✅   | ✅    |
+---------------+-------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+
| `Gluu`_       | ✅    | Java      | ❔   | ✅   | ✅   | ✅   | ✅   | ✅   | ❔    |
+---------------+-------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+
| `Hydra`_      | ✅    | Go        | 50k  | ✅   | ✅   | ❌   | ❌   | ✅   | ✅    |
+---------------+-------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+
| `Keycloak`_   | ✅    | Java      | 600k | ✅   | ✅   | ✅   | ✅   | ✅   | ✅    |
+---------------+-------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+
| `LemonLDAP`_  | ✅    | Perl      | 130k | ✅   | ✅   | ✅   | ❌   | ✅   | ✅    |
+---------------+-------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+
| `Okta`_       | ❌    | ❔        | ❔   | ✅   | ✅   | ❌   | ✅   | ✅   | ✅    |
+---------------+-------+-----------+------+------+------+------+------+------+-------+

.. _Auth0: https://auth0.com
.. _Authelia: https://authelia.com
.. _Authentic2: https://dev.entrouvert.org/projects/authentic
.. _Authentik: https://goauthentik.io
.. _CAS: https://apereo.github.io/cas
.. _Connect2id: https://connect2id.com
.. _Gluu: https://gluu.org
.. _Hydra: https://ory.sh
.. _Keycloak: https://keycloak.org
.. _LemonLDAP: https://lemonldap-ng.org
.. _Okta: https://okta.com