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TLS Support using SPIFFE

Project description

spiffe-tls package (experimental)

Overview

The spiffe-tls package, part of the py-spiffe library, streamlines the establishment of secure TLS connections using SPIFFE certificates. Powered by pyOpenSSL, it provides straightforward utilities for configuring TLS clients and servers. Currently experimental, spiffe-tls facilitates the seamless integration of SPIFFE for the automatic management of X.509 certificates and CA trust bundles via X509Source from the spiffe package.

Key Features

  • TLS connections with SPIFFE ID validation.
  • Mutual TLS (MTLS) support for authenticated client-server communication.
  • Customizable server and client TLS configurations.

Quick Start

Server Setup

# Create a TLS server with SPIFFE-based MTLS
from spiffetls import listen, ListenOptions
from spiffe import SpiffeId, X509Source
from spiffetls.mode import ServerTlsMode
from spiffetls.tlsconfig.authorize import authorize_id

x509_source = X509Source()
options = ListenOptions(
    tls_mode=ServerTlsMode.MTLS,
    authorize_fn=authorize_id(SpiffeId("spiffe://example.org/client-service")),
)

listener = listen("localhost:8443", x509_source, options)

Client Connection

# Establish a secure connection to a TLS server
from spiffetls import dial
from spiffe import SpiffeId, X509Source
from spiffetls.tlsconfig.authorize import authorize_id

x509_source = X509Source()

conn = dial(
    "localhost:8443",
    x509_source,
    authorize_fn=authorize_id(SpiffeId("spiffe://example.org/server")),
)

Authorization Functions

The package supports custom authorization functions for additional certificate validation:

  • authorize_any(): Accepts any SPIFFE ID.
  • authorize_id(): Validates a specific SPIFFE ID.
  • authorize_one_of(): Allows any ID from a set of allowed SPIFFE IDs.
  • authorize_member_of(): Permits any ID from a specific trust domain.

Contributing

We welcome contributions to the spiffe-tls package! Please see our contribution guidelines for more details. For feedback and issues, please submit them through the GitHub issue tracker.

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