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@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@ Find changes for the upcoming release in the project's [changelog.d](https://git
 
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+<a id='changelog-2.4.5'></a>
+## 2.4.5 (2024-07-24)
+
+### Changed
+
+- Introduce RubinIdentityManagerImpl, extends IdentityManager which replaces the deprecated Authenticator
+- Added deprecated AuthenticatorImpl, this is only useful in case this version of TAP is used with the old Auth params/implementations (Unlikely)
+
 <a id='changelog-2.4.4'></a>
 ## 2.4.4 (2024-07-23)
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opencadc/tap/impl/AuthenticatorImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/opencadc/tap/impl/AuthenticatorImpl.java
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+++ b/src/main/java/org/opencadc/tap/impl/AuthenticatorImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+package org.opencadc.tap.impl;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.security.AccessControlException;
+import java.security.Principal;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+import javax.security.auth.Subject;
+import javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal;
+
+import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.Authenticator;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.AuthMethod;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.AuthorizationTokenPrincipal;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.HttpPrincipal;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.NumericPrincipal;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * @deprecated This class is deprecated and will be removed in future releases.
+ * The TAP Service now uses IdentityManager for authentication, available in the opencadc library
+ * 
+ * @author cbanek
+ */
+@Deprecated
+public class AuthenticatorImpl implements Authenticator
+{
+    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(AuthenticatorImpl.class);
+
+    // Size of the token cache is read from the maxTokenCache property, with
+    // a default of 1000 tokens cached.
+    private static final int maxTokenCache = Integer.getInteger("maxTokenCache", 1000);
+
+    private static final String gafaelfawr_url = System.getProperty("gafaelfawr_url");
+
+    private static final HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
+
+    private static final ConcurrentHashMap<String,TokenInfo> tokenCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    private final class TokenInfo
+    {
+        public final String username;
+        public final int uid;
+
+        public TokenInfo(String username, int uid)
+        {
+            this.username = username;
+            this.uid = uid;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public AuthenticatorImpl()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Subject validate(Subject subject) throws AccessControlException {
+        log.debug("Subject to augment starts as: " + subject);
+
+        // Check if the cache is too big, and if so, clear it out.
+        if (tokenCache.size() > maxTokenCache) {
+            tokenCache.clear();
+        }
+
+        List<Principal> addedPrincipals = new ArrayList<Principal>();
+        AuthorizationTokenPrincipal tokenPrincipal = null;
+
+        for (Principal principal : subject.getPrincipals()) {
+            if (principal instanceof AuthorizationTokenPrincipal) {
+                tokenPrincipal = (AuthorizationTokenPrincipal) principal;
+                TokenInfo tokenInfo = null;
+
+                for (int i = 1; i < 5 && tokenInfo == null; i++) {
+                    try {
+                        tokenInfo = getTokenInfo(tokenPrincipal.getHeaderValue());
+                    } catch (IOException|InterruptedException e) {
+                        log.warn("Exception thrown while getting info from Gafaelfawr");
+                        log.warn(e);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (tokenInfo != null) {
+                    X500Principal xp = new X500Principal("CN=" + tokenInfo.username);
+                    addedPrincipals.add(xp);
+
+                    HttpPrincipal hp = new HttpPrincipal(tokenInfo.username);
+                    addedPrincipals.add(hp);
+
+                    UUID uuid = new UUID(0L, (long) tokenInfo.uid);
+                    NumericPrincipal np = new NumericPrincipal(uuid);
+                    addedPrincipals.add(np);
+                }
+                else {
+                    log.error("Gave up retrying user-info requests to Gafaelfawr");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (tokenPrincipal != null) {
+            subject.getPrincipals().remove(tokenPrincipal);
+        }
+
+        subject.getPrincipals().addAll(addedPrincipals);
+        subject.getPublicCredentials().add(AuthMethod.TOKEN);
+
+        log.debug("Augmented subject is " + subject);
+        return subject;
+    }
+
+    // Here we could check the token again, but gafaelfawr should be
+    // doing that for us already by the time it gets to us.  So for
+    // this layer, we just let this go through.
+    public Subject augment(Subject subject) {
+        return subject;
+    }
+
+    private TokenInfo getTokenInfo(String token) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        // If the request has gotten this far, the token has already
+        // been checked upstream, so we know it's valid, we just need
+        // to determine the uid and the username.
+        if (!tokenCache.containsKey(token)) {
+            HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create(gafaelfawr_url))
+                .header("Accept", "application/json")
+                .header("Authorization", token)
+                .build();
+
+            HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, BodyHandlers.ofString());
+            String body = response.body();
+
+            Gson gson = new Gson();
+            JsonObject authData = gson.fromJson(body, JsonObject.class);
+            String username = authData.getAsJsonPrimitive("username").getAsString();
+            int uid = authData.getAsJsonPrimitive("uid").getAsInt();
+
+            // Insert the info into the cache here since we retrieved it.
+            tokenCache.put(token, new TokenInfo(username, uid));
+        }
+
+        return tokenCache.get(token);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opencadc/tap/impl/RubinIdentityManagerImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/opencadc/tap/impl/RubinIdentityManagerImpl.java
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index 0000000..1210a81
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+++ b/src/main/java/org/opencadc/tap/impl/RubinIdentityManagerImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+package org.opencadc.tap.impl;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.http.HttpClient;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
+import java.net.http.HttpResponse.BodyHandlers;
+import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.security.AccessControlException;
+import java.security.Principal;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+import javax.security.auth.Subject;
+import javax.security.auth.x500.X500Principal;
+
+import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.AuthMethod;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.AuthenticationUtil;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.Authenticator;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.AuthMethod;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.IdentityManager;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.reg.Standards;
+
+import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.AuthorizationTokenPrincipal;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.HttpPrincipal;
+import ca.nrc.cadc.auth.NumericPrincipal;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * Implementes the Authenticator for processing Gafaelfawr auth,
+ * and using it to authenticate against the TAP service.
+ *
+ * The token in the authorization header is used to make a call
+ * to Gafaelfawr to retrieve details such as the uid and uidNumber.
+ *
+ * @author cbanek
+ * @author stvoutsin
+ */
+public class RubinIdentityManagerImpl implements IdentityManager
+{
+    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(RubinIdentityManagerImpl.class);
+
+    // Size of the token cache is read from the maxTokenCache property, with
+    // a default of 1000 tokens cached.
+    private static final int maxTokenCache = Integer.getInteger("maxTokenCache", 1000);
+
+    private static final String gafaelfawr_url = System.getProperty("gafaelfawr_url");
+
+    private static final HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
+
+    private static final ConcurrentHashMap<String,TokenInfo> tokenCache = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
+
+    private final class TokenInfo
+    {
+        public final String username;
+        public final int uid;
+
+        public TokenInfo(String username, int uid)
+        {
+            this.username = username;
+            this.uid = uid;
+        }
+    }
+    @Override
+    public Set<URI> getSecurityMethods() {
+        return SEC_METHODS;
+    }
+    private static final Set<URI> SEC_METHODS;
+    
+    static {
+        Set<URI> tmp = new TreeSet<>();
+        tmp.add(Standards.SECURITY_METHOD_ANON);
+        tmp.add(Standards.SECURITY_METHOD_TOKEN);
+        SEC_METHODS = Collections.unmodifiableSet(tmp);
+    }
+    
+    public RubinIdentityManagerImpl()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public Subject validate(Subject subject) throws AccessControlException {
+        log.debug("Subject to augment starts as: " + subject);
+
+        // Check if the cache is too big, and if so, clear it out.
+        if (tokenCache.size() > maxTokenCache) {
+            tokenCache.clear();
+        }
+
+        List<Principal> addedPrincipals = new ArrayList<Principal>();
+        AuthorizationTokenPrincipal tokenPrincipal = null;
+
+        for (Principal principal : subject.getPrincipals()) {
+            if (principal instanceof AuthorizationTokenPrincipal) {
+                tokenPrincipal = (AuthorizationTokenPrincipal) principal;
+                TokenInfo tokenInfo = null;
+
+                for (int i = 1; i < 5 && tokenInfo == null; i++) {
+                    try {
+                        tokenInfo = getTokenInfo(tokenPrincipal.getHeaderValue());
+                    } catch (IOException|InterruptedException e) {
+                        log.warn("Exception thrown while getting info from Gafaelfawr");
+                        log.warn(e);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (tokenInfo != null) {
+                    X500Principal xp = new X500Principal("CN=" + tokenInfo.username);
+                    addedPrincipals.add(xp);
+
+                    HttpPrincipal hp = new HttpPrincipal(tokenInfo.username);
+                    addedPrincipals.add(hp);
+
+                    UUID uuid = new UUID(0L, (long) tokenInfo.uid);
+                    NumericPrincipal np = new NumericPrincipal(uuid);
+                    addedPrincipals.add(np);
+                }
+                else {
+                    log.error("Gave up retrying user-info requests to Gafaelfawr");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (tokenPrincipal != null) {
+            subject.getPrincipals().remove(tokenPrincipal);
+        }
+
+        subject.getPrincipals().addAll(addedPrincipals);
+        subject.getPublicCredentials().add(AuthMethod.TOKEN);
+
+        log.debug("Augmented subject is " + subject);
+        return subject;
+    }
+
+    // Here we could check the token again, but gafaelfawr should be
+    // doing that for us already by the time it gets to us.  So for
+    // this layer, we just let this go through.
+    public Subject augment(Subject subject) {
+        return subject;
+    }
+
+    private TokenInfo getTokenInfo(String token) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+        // If the request has gotten this far, the token has already
+        // been checked upstream, so we know it's valid, we just need
+        // to determine the uid and the username.
+        if (!tokenCache.containsKey(token)) {
+            HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create(gafaelfawr_url))
+                .header("Accept", "application/json")
+                .header("Authorization", token)
+                .build();
+
+            HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, BodyHandlers.ofString());
+            String body = response.body();
+
+            Gson gson = new Gson();
+            JsonObject authData = gson.fromJson(body, JsonObject.class);
+            String username = authData.getAsJsonPrimitive("username").getAsString();
+            int uid = authData.getAsJsonPrimitive("uid").getAsInt();
+
+            // Insert the info into the cache here since we retrieved it.
+            tokenCache.put(token, new TokenInfo(username, uid));
+        }
+
+        return tokenCache.get(token);
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public Subject toSubject(Object owner) {
+        Subject ret = new Subject();
+        if (owner != null) {
+            UUID uuid = null;
+            if (owner instanceof UUID) {
+                uuid = (UUID) owner;
+            } else if (owner instanceof String) {
+                String sub = (String) owner;
+                uuid = UUID.fromString(sub);
+            } else {
+                throw new RuntimeException("unexpected owner type: " + owner.getClass().getName() + " value: " + owner);
+            }
+            NumericPrincipal p = new NumericPrincipal(uuid);
+            
+            // effectively augment by using the current subject as a "cache" of known identities
+            Subject s = AuthenticationUtil.getCurrentSubject();
+            if (s != null) {
+                for (Principal cp : s.getPrincipals()) {
+                    if (AuthenticationUtil.equals(p, cp)) {
+                        log.debug("[cache hit] caller Subject matches " + p + ": " + s);
+                        ret.getPrincipals().addAll(s.getPrincipals());
+                        return ret;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            
+            ret.getPrincipals().add(p);
+            // this is sufficient for some purposes, but not for output using toDisplayString (eg vospace node owner)
+            // TODO: use PosixMapperClient.augment() to try to add a PosixPrincipal and infer an HttpPrincipal?
+        }
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object toOwner(Subject subject) {
+        // use NumericPrincipal aka OIDC sub for persistence
+        Set<NumericPrincipal> ps = subject.getPrincipals(NumericPrincipal.class);
+        if (ps.isEmpty()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return ps.iterator().next().getUUID().toString();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toDisplayString(Subject subject) {
+        if (subject != null) {
+            // prefer HttpPrincipal aka OIDC preferred_username for string output, eg logging
+            Set<HttpPrincipal> ps = subject.getPrincipals(HttpPrincipal.class);
+            if (!ps.isEmpty()) {
+                return ps.iterator().next().getName(); // kind of ugh
+            }
+        
+            // default
+            Set<Principal> ps2 = subject.getPrincipals();
+            if (!ps2.isEmpty()) {
+                return ps2.iterator().next().getName();
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return null;
+    }
+}