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The policies look like they'd be a bear to manage since they are path- and not role-based. In order to implement least privilege with multiple actors you'd have to be really careful with your paths.

Example: 2 apps. App 1 needs secrets A B and D. App 2 need secrets A B and C.

So we need to set up our paths in a way that App 1 can get A and B and C, but not D. App 2 needs C but not D. Now when you want to modify secret access from your apps you have to rethink how your paths are set up.

When you're instead assigning permissions to roles this is a lot easier. An example: http://blog.conjur.net/what-is-a-devops-secrets-server



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