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Keystone JWS Tokens: Past, Present, and Future

Keystone has had multiple Token formats in the past.  With JSON Web Signatures (JWS) we introduce yet another one.  Why on earth would we want to do that?

It turns out that there are several reasons, including lessons learned from previous token formats like PKI and Fernet. In this talk, we discuss what tokens mean for distributed computing.  We will focus on how the different token formats have provided trade offs in performance and scalability.  Then we will dig in to the JWS format, how it works, and what benefits it will provide today.  We'll close with a look at the future and the features we can buildon top of JWS.


What can I expect to learn?

It will help you understand this scale issues at the heart of OpenStack, and how tokens decision play a role in helping or hurting.  It will prepare your organization for adoption JWT in the future.

Wednesday, May 1, 11:40am-12:20pm (5:40pm - 6:20pm UTC)
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Red Hat
Adam Young is a Cloud Solutions Architect at Red Hat, responsible for helping people develope their cloud strategies. He has been a long time core developer on Keystone, the authentication and authorization service for OpenStack. Adam has worked on various systems management tools, including the Identity Management component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux based on the FreeIPA technology. A 20 year... FULL PROFILE
Engineer
I am a software developer focused on OpenStack's Identity program. I am passionate about open-source software and sharing knowledge. I constantly look for ways to improve the performance and scalability of whatever project I'm work on. When I'm not writing or reviewing code I enjoy cooking and tackling restoration projects with my wife. FULL PROFILE
Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat
Morgan is a Principal Engineer focused on CI/CD for Red Hat and former Project Team Lead (PTL) of the OpenStack Identity Project, Keystone,. As of 2013, he has been focused on improving Identity Management, Single Sign On, and access management in Open Source projects. He has over a decade of experience as a technical leader in engineering for large-scale platforms for Web Hosting, Social... FULL PROFILE