Re: Avoiding IBAC

"Karp, Alan H" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.capabilities.general
Message-ID <8AD823089998C849A832D86972E69CD54195827C@G9W0755.americas.hpqcorp.net>
Rob Meijer wrote:
> 
> Maybe we should make that seven:
> 
> 5. attenuation : turning a right into a weaker version of that right
> suitable for attenuated authorization (delegation).
> 6. decomposition : turning a right to a composite into a right to a
> component suitable for decomposed authorization (delegation)
> 7. logging : keeping track of identities tied to authorizations and
> honored requests for accountability purposes.
>
I can imagine adding a few more, too, but sometimes precision gets in the way of clarity.  

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