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Computer Security Art and Science, 2nd Edition
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Computer Security Art and Science, 2nd Edition

by Matt Bishop
November 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1440 pages
48h 29m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 16

Access Control Mechanisms

CASSIO: Why, no. The day had broke

Before we parted. I ha’ made bold, Iago,

To send in to your wife. My suit to her

Is that she will to virtuous Desdemona

Procure me some accèss.

The Tragedy of Othello, III, i, 32–36.

Recall the access control matrix discussed in Chapter 2. As in the theoretical model, an implementation of the array and the commands to manipulate it provide a mechanism that the system can use to control access to objects. Unfortunately, there are several problems with a straightforward implementation. On a typical system, the number of subjects and objects will be very large. Most entries in the matrix will be either blank (indicating no access) or the same (because implementations often ...

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ISBN: 9780134097145