Authentication and Access Control

Access control is the means by which access to system resources is restricted to authorized subjects. Access control has a wide scope and can be found in hardware and software, at all levels of the software stack. This includes memory management, operating systems, middleware application servers, da...

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Published inApplied Information Security pp. 47 - 67
Main Authors Schaller, Patrick, Basin, David, Schläpfer, Michael
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 2011
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Subjects
Access Control
Access Permission
Algorithms & data structures
Computer security
Home Directory
Information architecture
Ordinary User
Shell Script
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ISBN9783642244735
3642244734
DOI10.1007/978-3-642-24474-2_4

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Summary:Access control is the means by which access to system resources is restricted to authorized subjects. Access control has a wide scope and can be found in hardware and software, at all levels of the software stack. This includes memory management, operating systems, middleware application servers, databases and applications. In this chapter we study access control, focussing on access to remote computers, as well as access to files and other resources stored on computers.
ISBN:9783642244735
3642244734
DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-24474-2_4