🏛️ [EPIC] : RBAC Design

[stevenj]

Summary

Design RBAC (Role-based access control) standards for Catalyst Voices

JIRA Epic

https://input-output.atlassian.net/browse/NPG-8552

Description

This is to deliver on Part 1 and 2 of Milestone 2 of the Catalyst Voices Proposal Milestones.

Todo

Define on-chain registration standard for RBAC

• 🛠️ [TASK] : Define a new CIP to replace CIP-36 which has the necessary features needed for RBAC #210
  • Voters
  • Representatives
  • Voters Delegating to Representatives
  • Proposers
  • Co-Proposers
  • Reviewers
  • Flexibility to encompass other roles
  • Ensure cross dapp usability.
• Prepare documentation updates
• Create reference implementation
• Create test vectors of registration formats.
• Publish and seek community feedback
  • Incorporate feedback into documentation and standards
• Submit as a CIP and follow through the standardization process.

Define CIP-30 extensions to fulfill capabilities needed of the registration formats and dapps.

• Update or replace CIP-62 to:
  • Enhance Voter registration to be able to properly process the changes defined in the CIP-36 draft. (This is necessary to support permissionless authorization and to ensure data submitted is authoritative.)
  • Facilitate the ability to sign data securely with both Software and hardware.
  • Enhance Vote Signing to use the correct keys for Representatives or Voters.
• Prepare the CIP-36 Documentation Updates
• Produce a Mock Development Wallet which provides a reference implementation of the Changes introduced in this update.
• Publish and seek community feedback and input on changes proposed.
  • Incorporate necessary changes based on feedback.
• Submit changes upstream to the CIP editors for review and inclusion as an official CIP.
• Includes the work entailed to steward the CIP update through the CIP Process.

Snapshot Tooling enhancements:

• Capture the different roles defined by catalyst.
• Calculate Voting Power or other Role specific requirements at snapshot time.
• Properly handle multiple snapshot deadlines for different roles.
• Import the role registrations on a periodic basis into the Catalyst Backend Database.

CIP Process Tracking

The following PR's to formalize CPS/CIPs arising from this Milestone are listed here.
Tracking of thes PR's may need to move to new Milestones if they are not fully merged before the Milestone is complete.

• CIP for CBOR tags ED25519-BIP32 Keys catalyst-CIPs#4
• [TASK]: Register tags with IANA catalyst-CIPs#5
• CPS-0014? | Register of CBOR Tags cardano-foundation/CIPs#751
• CIP-0114? | CBOR Tags Registry cardano-foundation/CIPs#752
• CIP-0115? | CBOR tag definition - ED25519-BIP32 Keys cardano-foundation/CIPs#753

Prototyping and Tooling

• 🛠️ [TASK] : Create a prototype tool for testing wallets and hand crafter transactions #299