MAX Authorization Sandbox
github.com/max-russo-com/max_authorization_sandbox- Category
- Cybersecurity
- Rank
- No. 2711Tools index
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- Pricing
- Open Source
- Type
- TOOL
- Use case
- Security & Identity
- GitHub
- 1 stars
- Date
About
MAX Authorization Sandbox is a local, reproducible Rust environment for testing whether a deterministic system correctly enforces a signed, default-deny authorization policy. Its reference baseline exposes three actions (STATUS, PING, READ_SECRET), where the distributed manifest authorizes only STATUS and PING, letting researchers evaluate whether an actor, including an AI agent, can get the unauthorized READ_SECRET action to run anyway.
At a glance
MAX Authorization Sandbox is a local Rust fixture for testing whether a signed policy actually denies an action it omits. It is worth reading if you want a small, reproducible example of default-deny authorization.
Good fit
Researchers and developers reviewing how signature verification and a list of allowed actions fit together.
Consider something else when
Use your own system’s integration tests when the question is whether production identity or authorization works end to end.
Start here
Use the distributed policy and a synthetic secret. Compare the documented allowed status check with the denied read, and check that the test secret stays out of the output.
Cost and requirements
The repository documents Cargo and Docker options. The fixture uses a test key and needs no remote service.
Limits to know
A passing baseline verifies the tested fixture. It leaves production key custody, service identity and policy administration to the system that adopts the pattern.
Why it made the leaderboard
Gives agentic-security researchers a minimal, concrete testbed for verifying that signed authorization policies actually deny unlisted actions rather than trusting an agent's self-restraint.
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