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Authorization & RBAC

Implement fine-grained access control with role-based authorization, dynamic permissions, and AI-powered policy enforcement.

Role-Based Access Control

rbac-config.ts
# RBAC Configuration for MCPCodex
# rbac.config.yaml

rbac:
  # Role Definitions
  roles:
    # Super Administrator
    admin:
      name: "Administrator"
      description: "Full system access"
      permissions:
        - "*:*"  # All permissions
      inherits: []
      
    # Developer Role
    developer:
      name: "Developer"
      description: "AI development and model management"
      permissions:
        - "models:read"
        - "models:write"
        - "contexts:read" 
        - "contexts:write"
        - "deployments:read"
        - "deployments:write"
        - "logs:read"
        - "metrics:read"
      inherits: ["viewer"]
      
    # AI Operator Role  
    operator:
      name: "AI Operator"
      description: "Production operations and monitoring"
      permissions:
        - "models:read"
        - "deployments:read"
        - "deployments:scale"
        - "monitoring:read"
        - "monitoring:write"
        - "alerts:manage"
        - "logs:read"
        - "logs:export"
      inherits: ["viewer"]
      
    # Data Scientist Role
    data_scientist:
      name: "Data Scientist" 
      description: "Model training and experimentation"
      permissions:
        - "models:read"
        - "models:train"
        - "datasets:read"
        - "datasets:write"
        - "experiments:read"
        - "experiments:write"
        - "notebooks:read"
        - "notebooks:write"
      inherits: ["viewer"]
      
    # Business User Role
    business_user:
      name: "Business User"
      description: "AI application usage"
      permissions:
        - "apps:read"
        - "apps:use"
        - "reports:read"
        - "dashboards:read"
      inherits: ["viewer"]
      
    # Viewer Role (Base)
    viewer:
      name: "Viewer"
      description: "Read-only access"
      permissions:
        - "profile:read"
        - "profile:write"
        - "docs:read"
      inherits: []
      
  # Resource-Based Permissions
  resources:
    models:
      actions: ["read", "write", "train", "deploy", "delete"]
      attributes:
        - "owner"
        - "team" 
        - "visibility"
        
    contexts:
      actions: ["read", "write", "share", "delete"]
      attributes:
        - "owner"
        - "sensitivity"
        - "team"
        
    deployments:
      actions: ["read", "write", "scale", "rollback", "delete"] 
      attributes:
        - "environment"
        - "owner"
        - "team"
        
    datasets:
      actions: ["read", "write", "share", "delete"]
      attributes:
        - "classification"
        - "owner"
        - "team"
        
  # Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC)
  policies:
    # Environment-based access
    production_access:
      effect: "allow"
      condition: |
        user.role in ["admin", "operator"] AND 
        resource.environment == "production"
        
    # Data sensitivity policy  
    sensitive_data_access:
      effect: "allow"
      condition: |
        user.clearance_level >= resource.classification_level AND
        user.team == resource.team
        
    # Model ownership policy
    model_ownership:
      effect: "allow" 
      condition: |
        user.id == resource.owner OR
        user.team == resource.team OR
        resource.visibility == "public"
        
    # Time-based access
    business_hours_only:
      effect: "allow"
      condition: |
        current_time >= "09:00" AND 
        current_time <= "17:00" AND
        day_of_week in ["monday", "tuesday", "wednesday", "thursday", "friday"]
        
  # Dynamic Role Assignment
  dynamic_roles:
    project_lead:
      condition: "user.projects.*.role == 'lead'"
      temporary_permissions:
        - "projects:manage"
        - "teams:manage"
        - "deployments:approve"
      expires_after: "30d"
      
    emergency_responder:
      condition: "incident.severity == 'critical'"
      temporary_permissions:
        - "systems:emergency_access"
        - "logs:full_access"
        - "configs:emergency_change"
      expires_after: "4h"
      auto_revoke: true

AI-Powered Policy Engine

policy-engine.ts
// Authorization Service Implementation
// authorization.service.ts

import { User, Resource, Permission, Role } from '@mcpcodex/types';
import { PolicyEngine } from '@mcpcodex/policy-engine';

export class AuthorizationService {
  private policyEngine: PolicyEngine;
  private roleCache: Map<string, Role[]> = new Map();
  
  constructor() {
    this.policyEngine = new PolicyEngine();
  }

  // Check if user has permission for a specific action on a resource
  async hasPermission(
    user: User, 
    action: string, 
    resource?: Resource
  ): Promise<boolean> {
    try {
      // Get user roles (with caching)
      const roles = await this.getUserRoles(user.id);
      
      // Check direct permissions
      const directPermissions = this.getDirectPermissions(roles, action);
      if (directPermissions.length > 0) {
        return await this.evaluatePermissions(directPermissions, user, resource);
      }
      
      // Check policy-based permissions (ABAC)
      return await this.evaluatePolicies(user, action, resource);
      
    } catch (error) {
      console.error('Permission check failed:', error);
      return false; // Fail closed
    }
  }

  // Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
  async getUserRoles(userId: string): Promise<Role[]> {
    // Check cache first
    if (this.roleCache.has(userId)) {
      return this.roleCache.get(userId)!;
    }
    
    // Fetch from database
    const roles = await this.fetchUserRoles(userId);
    
    // Add inherited roles
    const allRoles = await this.expandInheritedRoles(roles);
    
    // Cache for 5 minutes
    this.roleCache.set(userId, allRoles);
    setTimeout(() => this.roleCache.delete(userId), 300000);
    
    return allRoles;
  }

  // Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) 
  async evaluatePolicies(
    user: User, 
    action: string, 
    resource?: Resource
  ): Promise<boolean> {
    const policies = await this.getApplicablePolicies(action, resource);
    
    for (const policy of policies) {
      const result = await this.policyEngine.evaluate(policy, {
        user,
        resource,
        action,
        context: this.getRequestContext()
      });
      
      if (result.effect === 'deny') {
        return false; // Explicit deny
      }
      
      if (result.effect === 'allow') {
        return true; // Explicit allow
      }
    }
    
    return false; // Default deny
  }

  // Dynamic Role Assignment
  async assignDynamicRole(
    userId: string, 
    roleId: string, 
    condition: string,
    duration?: number
  ): Promise<void> {
    const user = await this.getUser(userId);
    const conditionMet = await this.policyEngine.evaluateCondition(condition, {
      user,
      context: this.getRequestContext()
    });
    
    if (!conditionMet) {
      throw new Error('Dynamic role condition not met');
    }
    
    // Assign temporary role
    await this.assignTemporaryRole(userId, roleId, duration);
    
    // Set up auto-revocation if specified
    if (duration) {
      setTimeout(async () => {
        await this.revokeTemporaryRole(userId, roleId);
      }, duration);
    }
  }

  // Permission Inheritance and Resolution
  private async expandInheritedRoles(roles: Role[]): Promise<Role[]> {
    const expandedRoles = new Set<Role>();
    const processed = new Set<string>();
    
    const processRole = async (role: Role) => {
      if (processed.has(role.id)) return;
      
      expandedRoles.add(role);
      processed.add(role.id);
      
      // Process inherited roles
      for (const inheritedRoleId of role.inherits || []) {
        const inheritedRole = await this.getRole(inheritedRoleId);
        if (inheritedRole) {
          await processRole(inheritedRole);
        }
      }
    };
    
    for (const role of roles) {
      await processRole(role);
    }
    
    return Array.from(expandedRoles);
  }

  // Resource-Based Authorization
  async authorizeResourceAccess(
    user: User,
    resource: Resource,
    action: string
  ): Promise<boolean> {
    // Check ownership
    if (resource.owner === user.id) {
      return true;
    }
    
    // Check team membership
    if (resource.team && user.teams?.includes(resource.team)) {
      const hasTeamPermission = await this.hasPermission(user, action);
      if (hasTeamPermission) return true;
    }
    
    // Check visibility rules
    if (resource.visibility === 'public' && action === 'read') {
      return true;
    }
    
    // Check shared access
    if (resource.sharedWith?.includes(user.id)) {
      return true;
    }
    
    return false;
  }

  // Audit and Logging
  async logAuthorizationEvent(
    user: User,
    action: string, 
    resource?: Resource,
    result: boolean = false,
    reason?: string
  ): Promise<void> {
    const auditEvent = {
      timestamp: new Date(),
      userId: user.id,
      userEmail: user.email,
      action,
      resource: resource ? {
        type: resource.type,
        id: resource.id,
        owner: resource.owner
      } : null,
      result: result ? 'allowed' : 'denied',
      reason,
      ip: this.getClientIP(),
      userAgent: this.getUserAgent()
    };
    
    await this.auditLogger.log(auditEvent);
    
    // Alert on suspicious activity
    if (!result && this.isSuspiciousActivity(user, action)) {
      await this.securityAlerter.alert('suspicious_access_attempt', auditEvent);
    }
  }

  private getDirectPermissions(roles: Role[], action: string): Permission[] {
    return roles
      .flatMap(role => role.permissions || [])
      .filter(permission => this.matchesPermission(permission, action));
  }

  private matchesPermission(permission: string, action: string): boolean {
    // Handle wildcard permissions
    if (permission === '*:*') return true;
    if (permission.endsWith(':*')) {
      const resource = permission.split(':')[0];
      return action.startsWith(resource + ':');
    }
    return permission === action;
  }
}

Dynamic Permission System

permissions.ts
// Dynamic Permission System
// dynamic-permissions.ts

import { User, Permission, Context } from '@mcpcodex/types';

export class DynamicPermissionSystem {
  private permissionCache: Map<string, Permission[]> = new Map();
  
  // Context-aware permission resolution
  async resolvePermissions(
    user: User, 
    context: Context
  ): Promise<Permission[]> {
    const cacheKey = `${user.id}-${context.environment}-${context.timestamp}`;
    
    if (this.permissionCache.has(cacheKey)) {
      return this.permissionCache.get(cacheKey)!;
    }
    
    const permissions = await this.calculatePermissions(user, context);
    
    // Cache for 10 minutes
    this.permissionCache.set(cacheKey, permissions);
    setTimeout(() => this.permissionCache.delete(cacheKey), 600000);
    
    return permissions;
  }
  
  // AI-powered permission recommendations
  async recommendPermissions(
    user: User,
    requestedAction: string,
    resource?: any
  ): Promise<{
    recommended: Permission[];
    reasoning: string;
    confidence: number;
  }> {
    const userBehavior = await this.analyzeUserBehavior(user.id);
    const similarUsers = await this.findSimilarUsers(user);
    const actionContext = await this.analyzeActionContext(requestedAction);
    
    return {
      recommended: await this.aiModel.recommend({
        user,
        behavior: userBehavior,
        similarUsers,
        actionContext,
        resource
      }),
      reasoning: "Based on role patterns and usage history",
      confidence: 0.87
    };
  }
  
  // Temporal permissions
  async grantTemporaryPermission(
    userId: string,
    permission: Permission,
    duration: number,
    reason: string
  ): Promise<void> {
    const tempPermission = {
      ...permission,
      temporary: true,
      expiresAt: Date.now() + duration,
      grantReason: reason
    };
    
    await this.grantPermission(userId, tempPermission);
    
    // Auto-revoke
    setTimeout(async () => {
      await this.revokePermission(userId, permission.id);
    }, duration);
  }
}

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