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Fixed the invalid XACML Policy in documentation (Comparing to Other Systems) to be XACML 3.0 compliant #6438

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@cdanger cdanger commented Nov 27, 2023

Why the changes in this PR are needed?

The XACML Policy given as example in the documentation page Comparing to other systems is not valid XML/XACML.

What are the changes in this PR?

This fixes several issues with the Policy:

  • XML namespace undefined (xmlns=... is missing), therefore XACML version undefined. Fixed to use the latest XACML 3.0 standard.
  • Missing mandatory Version attribute on Policy
  • Missing mandatory Category and MustBePresent attributes on the AttributeDesignators in the Rule
  • Old/obsolete syntax: Actions, ActionMatch, ActionAttributeDesignator (XACML 2.0?)
  • There is no check on the action in the OPA policy, so remove it from the XACML policy as well (useless).

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@cdanger cdanger changed the title Fixed the invalid XACML Policy to be XACML 3.0 compliant Fixed the invalid XACML Policy in documentation (Comparing to Other Systems) to be XACML 3.0 compliant Nov 27, 2023
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Thanks! Yeah, it must have been many years since anyone touched this :) Just left a suggestion for some more modern Rego, but LGTM.

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There is no check on the action in the OPA policy, so remove it from the XACML policy as well (useless).

Should it not be added to the OPA policy? Or what makes it useless?

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cdanger commented Nov 28, 2023

There is no check on the action in the OPA policy, so remove it from the XACML policy as well (useless).

Should it not be added to the OPA policy? Or what makes it useless?

Currently in the XACML Policy there is a check that the action should be Any literally, which does not make sense in this form. But I think the original author meant that the action could be literally... anything. So no need to check it.

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Thanks @cdanger! 😃

@anderseknert anderseknert merged commit 8194a22 into open-policy-agent:main Nov 29, 2023
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