defiant

image:[License: PMPL-1.0,link="https://github.com/hyperpolymath/palimpsest-license"] Jonathan D.A. Jewell <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk> :toc: macro :toclevels: 3 :icons: font :source-highlighter: rouge :experimental: :url-github: https://github.com/hyperpolymath/defiant :url-gitlab: https://gitlab.com/hyperpolymath/defiant :url-bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/hyperpolymath/defiant :url-codeberg: https://codeberg.org/hyperpolymath/defiant

Authorization Bypass Detection Testing Framework

Project Status

Important

This repository is currently at the specification and infrastructure stage. The CI/CD pipelines, language policies, and project scaffolding are complete. The core framework implementation is forthcoming.

What is Defiant?

Defiant is a testing framework for authorization bypass detection — designed to help security professionals and developers identify access control vulnerabilities in their systems.

Intended Capabilities

• Detection of authorization bypass patterns

• Testing framework for access control validation

• Integration with security testing pipelines

• Compliance with RSR (Rhodium Standard Repository) guidelines

Current Repository Contents

Component	Description	Status
CI/CD Infrastructure	11 GitHub Actions workflows enforcing language policy, security standards, and quality gates	✓ Complete
Language Policy	RSR-compliant stack (Rust, ReScript, Deno, Gleam, Guile Scheme)	✓ Complete
Security Policy Enforcement	Blocks weak crypto, HTTP URLs, hardcoded secrets	✓ Complete
Multi-Mirror Distribution	Synchronized to GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Codeberg	✓ Complete
Core Framework	Authorization bypass detection engine	○ Pending
Test Suites	Framework validation and example tests	○ Pending
Documentation	Usage guides and API reference	○ Pending

Technology Stack

Defiant follows the Rhodium Standard Repository (RSR) guidelines.

Installation

# Clone from GitHub (primary)
git clone https://github.com/hyperpolymath/defiant

# Or from mirrors
git clone https://gitlab.com/hyperpolymath/defiant
git clone https://codeberg.org/hyperpolymath/defiant

Package Managers

# Guix (preferred)
guix shell -f guix.scm

# Nix (fallback)
nix develop  # when flake.nix is available

Mirrors

Platform	URL
GitHub (primary)	{url-github}
GitLab	{url-gitlab}
Bitbucket	{url-bitbucket}
Codeberg	{url-codeberg}

Roadmap

See ROADMAP.adoc for the development plan.

License

Dual-licensed under:

• Palimpsest-MPL-1.0 License

• MPL-2.0

With additional philosophical overlay: LicenseRef-Palimpsest-0.5

See LICENSE.txt for details.

Citation

See docs/CITATIONS.adoc for citation formats.

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.adoc (forthcoming).

Metadata

• Domain: software-development, security-testing

• Framework: RSR (Rhodium Standard Repository)

• Author: Jonathan D.A. Jewell

• ORCID: 0000-0002-1234-5678

Architecture

See TOPOLOGY.md for a visual architecture map and completion dashboard.