domain | zanzibar.academy |
summary | The document provides an overview of Google's Zanzibar authentication architecture which is globally replicated using Google Spanner for consistent data across regions. It also references related resources such as the open-source solution Auth0's OpenFGA, Cartas' highly scalable permissions system called AuthZ, and Oso's blog post on building Zanzibar from scratch.
Key individuals associated with documents are mentioned: Kim owns a document titled 'doc:roadmap', Ben is an editor of this same document. Carl acts as the viewer for another document named 'doc:slides'. A query confirms that indeed Carol views the doc:slides, establishing his user relation to it in step 0.
Additional resources such as papers and blogposts about different authorization systems are listed including Zanzibar's own evolution by Oso with a primer on how Google Docs handles its permission model. The document concludes inviting readers interested in this topic of global-scale authentication solutions like AuthZ (Cartas) or OpenFGA to join the community for further learning, sharing ideas, and staying updated.
Links provided: - Paper: Zanzibar - Link: [OpenFGA](https://github.com/auth0/OpenFGA) - Blogpost series on different authorization systems. - View more resources in the mentioned blog post about building from scratch. |
title | Zanzibar: A Global Authorization System - Presented by Auth0 |
description | Zanzibar handles authorization for all of Google’s products, allows teams to specify their unique authorization models, globally replicates authorization data, and responds to access checks blazing fast. |
keywords | zanzibar, authorization, google, system, viewer, relation, building, access, more, community, name, generation, control, join, fast, objects, slides |
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samltool.io |
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nslookup | A 172.64.154.18, A 104.18.33.238 |
created | 2024-12-01 |
updated | 2025-07-17 |
summarized | 2025-07-17 |
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