syntax = "proto3";

package envoy.service.auth.v2alpha;

option java_multiple_files = true;
option java_outer_classname = "CertsProto";
option java_package = "io.envoyproxy.envoy.service.auth.v2alpha";
option go_package = "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy/service/auth/v2alpha";

import "envoy/service/auth/v2/external_auth.proto";

// [#protodoc-title: Authorization Service ]

// The authorization service request messages used by external authorization :ref:`network filter
// <config_network_filters_ext_authz>` and :ref:`HTTP filter <config_http_filters_ext_authz>`.

// A generic interface for performing authorization check on incoming
// requests to a networked service.
service Authorization {
  // Performs authorization check based on the attributes associated with the
  // incoming request, and returns status `OK` or not `OK`.
  rpc Check(v2.CheckRequest) returns (v2.CheckResponse);
}
