It is an authorization system, written in Java, that provides role-based access control, delegated administration and password policy using an LDAP backend.

Standards implemented: Fortress has four separate components: Fortress was first contributed in 2011 to the OpenLDAP Foundation[1] and moved to the Apache Directory project in 2014.

[2] Fortress provides security functions via APIs corresponding to the standards implemented.

For example, its RBAC API design mimics the functional specifications of ANSI INCITS 359 with function names, entities being the same.

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