Have you had any concerns with a selection of tool for authentication? This talk about Rodauth, awesome authentication framework. We will see how Rodauth can compete with existing libraries and which advantages and disadvantages do they have.

1. Valentyn Ostakh
https://github.com/valikos
https://twitter.com/valikos_ost

2. Rodauth
Clean Authentication

3. What is the most
necessary feature for
interaction with users?

4. Authentication

5. Authentication is the act of
identification of user that going
to interact with your product

6. I want authentication
for my application

8. Ruby-toolbox

9. Awesome-ruby

10. Authentication
• Authlogic
• Devise
• Clearance
• Sorcery
• Warden
• Rodauth

11. What about custom
solution?

14. Custom Solution vs
Authentication Libraries
Library Issues Pull Requests First Release
Sorcery 64/451 28/306 31 Jan 2011
Clearance 12/374 4/369 1 Sep 2009
Authlogic 124/221 6/186 3 Nov 2008
Devise 39/3353 29/979 21 Oct 2009
Warden 18/74 4/49 26 May 2009
Rodauth 0/8 0/11 12 Aug 2015

15. I want flexible
authentication that can be
used with any framework

19. How to choose a library
for my application?

20. Dependencies

21. • Authlogic - activerecord, activesupport
• Devise - rails, warden
• Clearance - rails, rack
• Sorcery - rails
• Warden - rack
• Rodauth - roda, rack

22. Clearance

23. Features

24. Registration
• Authlogic
• Devise
• Clearance
• Sorcery
• Warden
• Rodauth

25. Login
• Authlogic
• Devise
• Clearance
• Sorcery
• Warden
• Rodauth

26. Logout
• Authlogic
• Devise
• Clearance
• Sorcery
• Warden
• Rodauth

27. Would be great to have
token authentication

28. Token Authentication
• Authlogic
• Devise
• Clearance
• Sorcery
• Warden
• Rodauth

29. Token Authentication
Articles
• An Introduction to Using JWT Authentication in Rails
• Authenticate Your Rails API with JWT from Scratch
• Token-based authentication with Ruby on Rails 5 API
• JWT Auth in Rails, From Scratch
• Implementing JWT in Ruby on Rails-based API
• Authenticate Your Rails API with JWT
• Rails Api Backed With JWT
• Rails, Devise, JWT and the forgotten Warden

30. Token Authentication
Gems
• jwt_authentication
• simple_token_authentication
• devise_token_auth

31. Token Authentication
Gems
• jwt_authentication (based on devise)
• simple_token_authentication (based on devise)
• devise_token_auth (based on devise)

32. Token Authentication

33. Popularity

34. Library
Total Downloads
rubygems.org
Devise 21,407,462
Warden 21,018,495
Authlogic 2,343,678
Sorcery 527,431
Clearance 317,409
Rodauth 6,163

35. Summary

36. Library Dependencies Features
Token
Authentication
Devise
Warden
Authlogic
Sorcery
Clearance
Rodauth

37. Rodauth

38. Rodauth

39. Jeremy Evans
Twitter: @jeremyevans0

40. Roda
Sequel

41. Rodauth Goals
• Security
• Simplicity
• Flexibility

42. Features first

43. Rodauth Features
Login

44. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout

45. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password

46. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login

47. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password

48. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account

49. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account

50. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account

51. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password

52. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)

53. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)

54. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)

55. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)
Recovery Codes (2 factor authentication via backup codes)

56. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)
Recovery Codes (2 factor authentication via backup codes)
SMS Codes (2 factor authentication via SMS)

57. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)
Recovery Codes (2 factor authentication via backup codes)
SMS Codes (2 factor authentication via SMS)
Verify Change Login

58. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)
Recovery Codes (2 factor authentication via backup codes)
SMS Codes (2 factor authentication via SMS)
Verify Change Login
Verify Account Grace Period

59. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)
Recovery Codes (2 factor authentication via backup codes)
SMS Codes (2 factor authentication via SMS)
Verify Change Login
Verify Account Grace Period
Password Grace Period

60. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)
Recovery Codes (2 factor authentication via backup codes)
SMS Codes (2 factor authentication via SMS)
Verify Change Login
Verify Account Grace Period
Password Grace Period
Password Complexity

61. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)
Recovery Codes (2 factor authentication via backup codes)
SMS Codes (2 factor authentication via SMS)
Verify Change Login
Verify Account Grace Period
Password Grace Period
Password Complexity
Disallow Password Reuse

62. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)
Recovery Codes (2 factor authentication via backup codes)
SMS Codes (2 factor authentication via SMS)
Verify Change Login
Verify Account Grace Period
Password Grace Period
Password Complexity
Disallow Password Reuse
Password Expiration

63. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)
Recovery Codes (2 factor authentication via backup codes)
SMS Codes (2 factor authentication via SMS)
Verify Change Login
Verify Account Grace Period
Password Grace Period
Password Complexity
Disallow Password Reuse
Password Expiration
Account Expiration

64. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)
Recovery Codes (2 factor authentication via backup codes)
SMS Codes (2 factor authentication via SMS)
Verify Change Login
Verify Account Grace Period
Password Grace Period
Password Complexity
Disallow Password Reuse
Password Expiration
Account Expiration
Session Expiration

65. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)
Recovery Codes (2 factor authentication via backup codes)
SMS Codes (2 factor authentication via SMS)
Verify Change Login
Verify Account Grace Period
Password Grace Period
Password Complexity
Disallow Password Reuse
Password Expiration
Account Expiration
Session Expiration
Single Session

66. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)
Recovery Codes (2 factor authentication via backup codes)
SMS Codes (2 factor authentication via SMS)
Verify Change Login
Verify Account Grace Period
Password Grace Period
Password Complexity
Disallow Password Reuse
Password Expiration
Account Expiration
Session Expiration
Single Session
JWT

67. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)
Recovery Codes (2 factor authentication via backup codes)
SMS Codes (2 factor authentication via SMS)
Verify Change Login
Verify Account Grace Period
Password Grace Period
Password Complexity
Disallow Password Reuse
Password Expiration
Account Expiration
Session Expiration
Single Session
JWT
Update Password Hash

68. Rodauth Features
Login
Logout
Change Password
Change Login
Reset Password
Create Account
Close Account
Verify Account
Confirm Password
Remember (Autologin via token)
Lockout (Bruteforce protection)
OTP (2 factor authentication via TOTP)
Recovery Codes (2 factor authentication via backup codes)
SMS Codes (2 factor authentication via SMS)
Verify Change Login
Verify Account Grace Period
Password Grace Period
Password Complexity
Disallow Password Reuse
Password Expiration
Account Expiration
Session Expiration
Single Session
JWT
Update Password HashHTTP Basic Auth

70. Security

71. • Uses database functions to access password
hashes
• Two database accounts are used

72. • Uses database functions to access password
hashes (optional)
• Two database accounts are used (optional)

73. Flexibility

74. Can be used with the
any rack framework

75. require "roda"
class RodauthApp < Roda
# If using Rodauth in a non-Roda application
# plugin :middleware
plugin :rodauth do
enable :login, :logout, :change_password
end
route do |r|
r.rodauth
rodauth.require_authentication
# If using Rodauth in a Roda application
# Your app code here
end
end
# If using Rodauth in a non-Roda application
# use RodauthApp
# If using Rodauth in a Roda application
run RodauthApp

76. require "roda"
class RodauthApp < Roda
# If using Rodauth in a non-Roda application
# plugin :middleware
plugin :rodauth do
enable :login, :logout, :change_password
end
route do |r|
r.rodauth
rodauth.require_authentication
# If using Rodauth in a Roda application
# Your app code here
end
end
# If using Rodauth in a non-Roda application
# use RodauthApp
# If using Rodauth in a Roda application
run RodauthApp

77. Rodauth uses a simple
configuration DSL

78. require 'simple_ldap_authenticator'
plugin :rodauth do
enable :login, :logout
# Don't require the bcrypt library, since using LDAP for auth
require_bcrypt? false
# Treat the login itself as the account
account_from_login{|l| l.to_s}
# Use the login provided as the session value
account_session_value{account}
# Store session value in :login key, since the :account_id
# default wouldn't make sense
session_key :login
password_match? do |password|
SimpleLdapAuthenticator.valid?(account, password)
end
end

79. Simplicity

80. Rodauth allows for
overriding any part of the
framework

81. module Auth
class Rodauth < Roda
plugin :rodauth do
enable :login
end
route do |r|
r.post 'login' do
# Custom POST /login handling here
end
r.rodauth
end
end
end

82. How to start use
Rodauth?

83. • Resolve database dependencies
• Define Rodauth features

84. Database
dependencies

85. • Setup database
• Create tables

86. Setup With Postgresql
# Load extentions
psql -U postgres -c "CREATE EXTENSION citext" ${DATABASE_NAME}
# Create database accounts
createuser -U postgres ${DATABASE_NAME}
createuser -U postgres ${DATABASE_NAME}_password

87. Setup With Postgresql
create_table(:accounts) do
primary_key :id, :type=>:Bignum
foreign_key :status_id, :account_statuses, :null=>false, :default=>1
if db.database_type == :postgres
citext :email, :null=>false
constraint :valid_email, :email=>/^[^,;@ rn]+@[^,@; rn]+.[^,@; rn]+$/
index :email, :unique=>true, :where=>{:status_id=>[1, 2]}
else
String :email, :null=>false
index :email, :unique=>true
end
end
case database_type
when :postgres
user = get{Sequel.lit('current_user')} + '_password'
run "GRANT REFERENCES ON accounts TO #{user}"
end

88. Define Rodauth Features
plugin :rodauth, :json=>true, :csrf=>false, :flash=>false do
enable :change_password, :close_account, :create_account,
:login, :logout, :remember, :reset_password, :verify_account,
:otp, :recovery_codes, :sms_codes, :password_complexity,
:disallow_password_reuse, :password_grace_period,
:account_expiration, :single_session, :jwt, :session_expiration,
max_invalid_logins 2
allow_password_change_after 60
verify_account_grace_period 300
jwt_secret secret
sms_send do |phone_number, message|
MUTEX.synchronize{SMS[session_value] = "..."}
end
end

89. Summary

90. Rodauth Advantages
• Integration with any rack application
• Minimun dependencies
• Features
• Security
• Simplicity

91. Rodauth Disadvantages
• Doesn’t work with OAuth
• Routes design: can mismatch with your design

92. My own experience

93. Registration
module Auth
class Rodauth < Roda
DB = Sequel.connect(ENV['DATABASE_URL'])
plugin :middleware
plugin :rodauth, json: :only do
enable :login, :logout, :jwt, :create_account
jwt_session_hash do
super().merge(exp: SmartTaskApi::Utils.jwt_expiration)
end
jwt_secret ENV['JWT_SECRET']
end
route do |r|
r.rodauth
env['rodauth'] = rodauth
end
end
end

94. Token Authentication
module Api
class Rodauth < Roda
DB = Sequel.connect(ENV['DATABASE_URL'])
plugin :middleware
plugin :rodauth, json: :only do
enable :jwt
jwt_secret ENV['JWT_SECRET']
end
route do |r|
r.rodauth
rodauth.require_authentication
env['rodauth'] = rodauth
end
end
end

95. Rodauth Examples
• https://github.com/jeremyevans/ginatra
• https://github.com/jeremyevans/rodauth-demo-rails
• https://github.com/davydovanton/rodauth_hanami
• https://github.com/davydovanton/grape-rodauth
• https://github.com/valikos/smart-task-api-hanami

96. Rodauth
Clean Authentication

97. Thanks!

98. Questions?

99. Valentyn Ostakh
https://github.com/valikos
https://twitter.com/valikos_ost