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avl-auth

AVL Auth - Identity and Access Management for AVL Cloud Platform

1 unstable release

0.1.0 Nov 23, 2025

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πŸ” AVL Auth

The World's Most Advanced Identity and Access Management System

Crates.io Documentation AVL Cloud License

πŸ›οΈ Fortress Security | ⚑ Sub-10ms Performance | 🌍 Global Scale | πŸ‡§πŸ‡· Made in Brazil


🎯 Why AVL Auth?

AVL Auth is not just another authentication library. It's a complete identity platform designed for the next generation of applications:

  • ⚑ Blazing Fast: Sub-10ms authentication in Brazil, optimized for LATAM
  • πŸ›‘οΈ Military-Grade Security: Multiple encryption layers, zero-trust architecture
  • 🌐 Global Scale: Built on AvilaDB for worldwide distribution
  • πŸ€– AI-Powered: ML-based anomaly detection and risk assessment
  • πŸ“Š LGPD/GDPR Compliant: Built-in compliance and audit trails
  • πŸ”§ Developer First: Simple API, comprehensive docs, batteries included

✨ Features

πŸ” Authentication & Authorization

  • Advanced JWT: Multi-algorithm support (RS256, ES256, HS256) with automatic key rotation
  • OAuth2/OIDC: Complete flows for Google, GitHub, Microsoft, Apple
  • Multi-Factor Authentication:
    • TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password)
    • WebAuthn/FIDO2 for passwordless auth
    • Biometric authentication support
    • SMS/Email verification
    • Backup codes
  • Passwordless Auth: Magic links, WebAuthn, biometrics
  • Session Management: Distributed sessions with device binding
  • API Keys: Scoped keys with rate limiting and auto-rotation

πŸ›‘οΈ Security Features

  • Password Security:
    • Argon2id hashing with configurable cost
    • Password strength validation
    • Breach detection
    • Password history
    • Complexity requirements
  • Risk-Based Authentication:
    • Real-time risk scoring
    • Anomaly detection
    • Geo-velocity checks (impossible travel)
    • Device fingerprinting
    • IP reputation analysis
  • Zero Trust: Continuous authentication and verification
  • Rate Limiting: Token bucket algorithm with distributed state
  • Account Protection: Lockout policies, suspicious activity detection

πŸ‘₯ Access Control

  • RBAC: Hierarchical roles with permission inheritance
  • ABAC: Attribute-based policies with conditions:
    • IP range restrictions
    • Time-based access windows
    • User attribute matching
    • Risk score thresholds
  • Dynamic Policies: Real-time policy evaluation
  • Fine-Grained Permissions: Resource-level access control

πŸ“Š Observability & Compliance

  • Comprehensive Audit Logs: Every action tracked
  • User Activity Reports: Behavioral analytics
  • LGPD/GDPR Compliance: Built-in data export and deletion
  • Security Events: Real-time alerting
  • Performance Metrics: Detailed timing and diagnostics

πŸ”§ Developer Experience

  • Simple API: Intuitive, well-documented
  • Type Safety: Full Rust type system
  • Async/Await: Modern async Rust
  • Error Handling: Descriptive, actionable errors
  • Testing: Comprehensive test suite
  • Benchmarks: Performance tracking

πŸš€ Quick Start

Add to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
avl-auth = "0.1"
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }

# Optional: Full AVL Platform integration
avl-auth = { version = "0.1", features = ["full"] }
# Enables: AvilaDB, AVX Telemetry, Avila Compress, Analytics

Integration with AVL Platform

AVL Auth is designed to work seamlessly with other Avila libraries:

  • AvilaDB: Distributed user storage with 4MB documents and vector search
  • AVX Telemetry: Structured logging, metrics, and distributed tracing
  • Avila Compress: Efficient token and session compression
  • Avila Telemetry: Time series analysis for behavioral patterns and risk scoring
[dependencies]
avl-auth = { version = "0.1", features = ["database", "telemetry", "analytics"] }
aviladb = "0.1"
avx-telemetry = "0.1"

Basic Example

use avl_auth::{AuthClient, Config, Credentials};

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // Initialize client
    let config = Config::default();
    let auth = AuthClient::new(config).await?;

    // Register user
    let user_id = auth.register(
        "user@example.com".to_string(),
        "SecureP@ss123!".to_string()
    ).await?;

    // Login
    let session = auth.login(Credentials {
        email: "user@example.com".to_string(),
        password: "SecureP@ss123!".to_string(),
        device_id: Some("device_123".to_string()),
        ip_address: Some("191.36.8.1".parse()?),
    }).await?;

    // Verify token
    let claims = auth.verify_token(&session.access_token).await?;
    println!("Authenticated as: {}", claims.email);

    Ok(())
}

Advanced Example

use avl_auth::prelude::*;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let auth = AuthClient::new(Config::default()).await?;

    // Setup MFA
    let totp_config = auth.mfa_manager()
        .generate_totp_config("user@example.com", None);

    // Generate API key
    let (api_key, metadata) = auth.api_key_manager()
        .generate_api_key(
            user_id,
            "Production API".to_string(),
            None,
            vec!["read".to_string(), "write".to_string()],
            Some(1000), // Rate limit
            Some(chrono::Duration::days(90)),
        ).await?;

    // Risk assessment
    let risk = auth.risk_engine()
        .assess_risk(&user, ip, device_id, user_agent)
        .await?;

    if risk.level >= RiskLevel::High {
        // Require additional verification
    }

    Ok(())
}

πŸ“– Documentation

Core Concepts

JWT Tokens

AVL Auth uses JWTs for stateless authentication with automatic key rotation:

// Keys are rotated automatically based on configuration
auth.jwt_manager().rotate_keys(&new_private, &new_public).await?;

// Get public keys for verification (JWKS endpoint)
let jwks = auth.jwt_manager().get_jwks().await?;

Session Management

Sessions are distributed and can be bound to devices/IPs:

// Sessions automatically enforced
let session = auth.session_manager()
    .validate_session(&session_id, Some(ip), Some(device_id))
    .await?;

// Cleanup expired sessions
auth.session_manager().cleanup_expired_sessions().await?;

Risk Assessment

Real-time risk scoring based on multiple factors:

let assessment = auth.risk_engine()
    .assess_risk(&user, ip, device_id, user_agent)
    .await?;

match assessment.recommended_action {
    RiskAction::Allow => { /* Proceed */ },
    RiskAction::RequireMfa => { /* Challenge with MFA */ },
    RiskAction::Deny => { /* Block */ },
    _ => {}
}

πŸ—οΈ Architecture

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β”‚                    Application                       β”‚
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                      β”‚
                      β–Ό
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β”‚                   AVL Auth Client                    β”‚
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β”‚  JWT Manager  β”‚  OAuth2  β”‚  MFA  β”‚  Permissions     β”‚
β”‚  Sessions     β”‚  API Keys β”‚ Risk  β”‚  Audit          β”‚
β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”¬β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜
                      β”‚
        β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”Όβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”
        β–Ό             β–Ό             β–Ό
β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β” β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β” β”Œβ”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”
β”‚   AvilaDB    β”‚ β”‚AVX Telem.β”‚ β”‚ Avila Telemetryβ”‚
β”‚ (Users, Keys)β”‚ β”‚(Logs)    β”‚ β”‚ (Time Series)  β”‚
β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜ β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜ β””β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”€β”˜

AVL Platform Integration

AVL Auth leverages the full Avila ecosystem:

Component Purpose Benefits
AvilaDB User & session storage 4MB documents, vector search, <10ms latency in Brazil
AVX Telemetry Structured logging Distributed tracing, metrics aggregation
Avila Compress Data compression Efficient token storage, reduced bandwidth
Avila Telemetry Time series analysis ARIMA forecasting, anomaly detection for risk scoring

⚑ Performance

Benchmarks on AVL Cloud (SΓ£o Paulo region):

Operation Latency (p50) Latency (p99) Throughput
JWT Create 0.5ms 1.2ms 50,000/s
JWT Verify 0.3ms 0.8ms 80,000/s
Password Hash 45ms 65ms 1,000/s
Password Verify 45ms 65ms 1,000/s
Full Login 8ms 15ms 5,000/s
API Key Verify 0.4ms 1.0ms 60,000/s

Run benchmarks:

cargo bench

πŸ§ͺ Testing

# Run all tests
cargo test

# Run integration tests
cargo test --test integration_tests

# Run with coverage
cargo tarpaulin --out Html

πŸ“ Configuration

use avl_auth::Config;
use std::time::Duration;

let config = Config {
    database_url: "http://localhost:8000".to_string(),
    database_name: "auth".to_string(),
    jwt: JwtConfig {
        algorithm: "RS256".to_string(),
        access_token_ttl: Duration::from_secs(900), // 15 min
        refresh_token_ttl: Duration::from_secs(604800), // 7 days
        auto_rotate_keys: true,
        rotation_interval: Duration::from_secs(7776000), // 90 days
        ..Default::default()
    },
    password: PasswordConfig {
        min_length: 12,
        require_uppercase: true,
        require_lowercase: true,
        require_numbers: true,
        require_special: true,
        argon2_memory_cost: 65536, // 64 MB
        argon2_time_cost: 3,
        ..Default::default()
    },
    risk: RiskConfig {
        enabled: true,
        mfa_threshold: 60,
        block_threshold: 90,
        anomaly_detection: true,
        geo_velocity_check: true,
        ..Default::default()
    },
    ..Default::default()
};

🌍 OAuth2 Providers

Configure external identity providers:

use avl_auth::models::OAuth2Provider;

let google_provider = OAuth2Provider {
    name: "google".to_string(),
    client_id: "your-client-id".to_string(),
    client_secret: "your-client-secret".to_string(),
    auth_url: "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth".to_string(),
    token_url: "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token".to_string(),
    redirect_url: "https://your-app.com/auth/callback".to_string(),
    scopes: vec!["openid".to_string(), "email".to_string(), "profile".to_string()],
};

auth.oauth2_manager().register_provider(google_provider).await?;

πŸ”’ Security Best Practices

  1. Always use HTTPS in production
  2. Rotate JWT keys regularly (auto-rotation enabled by default)
  3. Enable MFA for sensitive operations
  4. Monitor audit logs for suspicious activity
  5. Set appropriate rate limits
  6. Use strong password policies
  7. Implement CORS properly
  8. Keep dependencies updated

πŸ“Š Comparison

Feature AVL Auth Auth0 AWS Cognito Firebase Auth
Open Source βœ… ❌ ❌ ❌
Self-Hosted βœ… ❌ ❌ ❌
Brazil Latency 5-10ms 80-120ms 60-100ms 70-110ms
JWT Rotation βœ… Auto ⚠️ Manual ⚠️ Manual ❌
Risk Engine βœ… Built-in βœ… Paid ⚠️ Limited ❌
ABAC Policies βœ… βœ… Paid ⚠️ Limited ❌
Audit Logs βœ… Free βœ… Paid βœ… ⚠️ Limited
WebAuthn βœ… βœ… βœ… ❌
Pricing Free/OSS $$$$ $$$ $$

🀝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please read our Contributing Guide.

πŸ“„ License

Licensed under either of:

at your option.

πŸ›οΈ Built by Avila

Part of the AVL Cloud Platform - The cloud platform genuinely built for Brazil and LATAM.


πŸ” Secure your applications with AVL Auth - The most advanced authentication system in the world.

Dependencies

~24–45MB
~618K SLoC