chore: use pythonic style in Agama bridge

[jgomer2001]

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Description

Target issue

closes #9181

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• Static code analysis has been run locally and issues have been fixed
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• Relevant documentation has been updated if any (i.e. user guides, installation and configuration guides, technical design docs etc)

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DryRun Security Summary

The pull request focuses on improving the robustness and readability of the authentication logic in the AgamaBridge.py file, which handles the person authentication functionality in the Janssen Project application, without introducing any obvious security vulnerabilities.

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Summary:

The code changes in this pull request appear to be focused on improving the robustness and readability of the authentication logic in the AgamaBridge.py file, which is part of the person authentication functionality in the Janssen Project application. The changes do not introduce any obvious security vulnerabilities, and the code seems to handle the critical security-related aspects, such as user authentication, encryption of sensitive user information, and integration with the external Agama authentication flow, in a secure manner.

The key security-related aspects of the changes include:

1. Removal of StringHelper utility functions in favor of more concise checks, which does not have any significant security implications.
2. Proper handling of user authentication by retrieving the user's inum (internal user identifier), using the AuthenticationService to authenticate the user, and ensuring that only a single matching user is found.
3. Encryption of the user's inum using the EncryptionService, which is a good security practice to protect sensitive user information.
4. Robust error handling mechanisms to provide useful feedback to the user and the application administrators in case of issues during the authentication process.
5. Secure integration with the Agama flow by validating the flow parameters and ensuring the flow is properly launched.

Overall, the code changes appear to be an improvement to the application's security posture, and no major security concerns have been identified.

Files Changed:

• docs/script-catalog/person_authentication/agama-bridge/AgamaBridge.py: This file is responsible for the person authentication functionality in the Janssen Project application, specifically the integration with the Agama authentication flow. The changes made in this pull request focus on improving the robustness and readability of the authentication logic, without introducing any obvious security vulnerabilities.

Code Analysis

We ran 9 analyzers against 1 file and 1 analyzer had findings. 8 analyzers had no findings.

Analyzer	Findings
Authn/Authz Analyzer	2 findings

Riskiness

🟢 Risk threshold not exceeded.

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