Zero Assumptions is a zero trust networking solution you can use with your existing Identity Provider. All of your data is stored on-prem, so you control it all.
While you won't have to write any foundational code to drive the functionality of Zero Assumptions for your organization, this article explores our usage of the Rust language. The purpose being that you'll gain a stronger understanding of the mechanisms that drive Zero Assumptions, and why our product is secure, safe, and performant.
We've built our solution on Rust for a number of reasons including its strong community support, packages on crates.io, and future-proofing.
Decrease Runtime Errors
Given that Zero Assumptions is on-prem first. Given the nature of our product, if the software goes down, then people can’t access their private resources. We have to send product that is as solid as possible at runtime.
Rust is a memory-safe language that eliminates an entire class of errors without sacrificing performance. Specifically, in safe mode, Absence of Null prevents another class of bugs occurring in runtime.
Consistent Quality and Longevity
Rust contributors intentionally keep the language backwards compatible. This means that when Rust changes, Zero Assumptions won't introduce breaking changes due specifically to using a newer version of Rust.
When writing Rust itself, the language has no additional usage "cost" for abstractions. This will allow us to continue to iterate quickly without slowing down the end product.
It's also worth mentioning that Rust has robust and clear documentation, which greatly adds to the overall quality of the language.
Security
When Rust compiles, it looks at memory compilation, which can prevent memory management problems. Rust also allows for more granular control over memory, so we can highly customize where we want to.
Zero Assumptions benefits from its Rust foundation on many levels. And while our users don't need to know any Rust, they'll reap all the rewards of Zero Assumptions being built on Rust.
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