Designated authority system

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If it must:
If it must:
* not only designate the object
* not only designate the object
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* not only specify the operation with the object
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* but also choose a subset of its (unforgeable) permisions that allow it to perform a given operation with this object
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* but also choose a subset of its (unforgeable) permisions that allow it to perform that operation with that object
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then we say that it is a '''designated authority system'''.
then we say that it is a '''designated authority system'''.
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== See also ==
 
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* [[Ambient authority system]]
 

Revision as of 10:56, 19 June 2009

Definition

Suppose that some subject tries to perform an operation with some object.

If it must:

  • not only designate the object
  • but also choose a subset of its (unforgeable) permisions that allow it to perform a given operation with this object

then we say that it is a designated authority system.

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