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Access Control Lists

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Access lists

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Access Control from as OS Security Perspective

Definition

Access Control List (ACL) is a list of permissions associated with an object. It describes the access rights of an object for a list of subjects.

Background

Access control in computer systems is a universal problem. It explores the means of granting/rejecting access with particular rights (such as read, write, execute) to subjects on certain objects. The concept of access control is generic in the sense that it can be applied to many systems in a computerized environment. For example, in the case of an operating system, the subjects are users and the objects are files, programs, peripheral devices, etc., while for a database system, objects are listed as tables, queries, and procedures.

As computer systems become more complex with rapidly developing technology, access control is becoming more important. Because controlling access in the first hand is the actual gateway to the system, a...

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  1. Department of Computer Engineering, Izmir University of Economics, 35330, Izmir, Turkey

    Hakki C. Cankaya Dr.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computing Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Henk C. A. van Tilborg

  2. Center for Secure Information Systems, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 22030-4422, USA

    Sushil Jajodia

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Cankaya, H.C. (2011). Access Control Lists. In: van Tilborg, H.C.A., Jajodia, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cryptography and Security. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5906-5_770

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