Understanding Google Zanzibar and Why it Shines at Building Permissions

Re:Understanding Google Zanzibar and Why it Shines at Buildi... by sulam on Sunday June 25, 2023 @04:41PM (#36472380)

I was super curious to hear how Zanzibar is being used to control access to buildings. Don’t be fooled, this is not that post. ;)

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Re:Understanding Google Zanzibar and Why it Shines at Buildi... by amelius on Sunday June 25, 2023 @05:18PM (#36472688)

I was super curious to hear why the Zanzibar office of Google was somehow better at authorization than e.g. their Mountain View office.

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Re:Understanding Google Zanzibar and Why it Shines at Buildi... by jnwatson on Sunday June 25, 2023 @07:15PM (#36473647)

At least one Google office I know has building access controlled by Zanzibar.

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Re:Understanding Google Zanzibar and Why it Shines at Buildi... by kkajla on Sunday June 25, 2023 @05:19PM (#36472697)

Apologies for the confusion! Maybe an interesting idea for us to explore next :P

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Re:Understanding Google Zanzibar and Why it Shines at Buildi... by alxcb on Sunday June 25, 2023 @05:06PM (#36472594)

hahah, exactly, tought the same.

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Re:Understanding Google Zanzibar and Why it Shines at Buildi... by ants_everywhere on Sunday June 25, 2023 @05:44PM (#36472918)

I wouldn't be surprised if it is somewhere. Just have the smart card system use Cloud IAM for access control decisions.

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Re:Understanding Google Zanzibar and Why it Shines at Buildi... by hn_go_brrrrr on Monday June 26, 2023 @02:41AM (#36476473)

That sounds like a nightmare. A cloud outage means no one can badge in anywhere, including at DCs?

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Re:Understanding Google Zanzibar and Why it Shines at Buildi... by Xymist on Monday June 26, 2023 @08:34AM (#36478900)

Isn't that exactly what happened to Facebook a little while ago?

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Re:Understanding Google Zanzibar and Why it Shines at Buildi... by ryanjshaw on Monday June 26, 2023 @01:51AM (#36476157)

I was surprised that Google even had offices in Zanzibar.

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Re:Understanding Google Zanzibar and Why it Shines at Buildi... by scotty79 on Monday June 26, 2023 @03:26AM (#36476753)

It's such a weird name. It's like naming a product Google California.

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