A Resource Access Decision Service for CORBA-Based Distributed Systems

Published

December 9, 1999

Author(s)

Konstantin Beznosov, Yi Deng, Bob Blakley, Carol Burt, John Barkley

Abstract

Decoupling authorization logic from application logic allows applications with fine-grain access control requirements to be independent from a particular access control policy and from factors that are used in authorization decisions as well as access control models, no matter how dynamic those polices and factors are. It also enables elaborate and consistent access control policies across heterogeneous systems. We present a design of a service for resources access authorization in distributed systems. The service enables the decoupling of authorization logic from application functionality. Although the described service is based on CORBA technology, the design approach can be successfully used in any distributed computing environment.

Conference Dates

December 6-9, 1999

Conference Location

Phoenix, AZ, US

Conference Title

15th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC '99)

Pub Type

Conferences

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https://doi.org/10.1109/CSAC.1999.816041

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Keywords

access control, authorization, Common Object Request Broker Architecture, CORBA technology, RBAC, Role-Based Access Control

Citation

Beznosov, K. , Deng, Y. , Blakley, B. , Burt, C. and Barkley, J. (1999), A Resource Access Decision Service for CORBA-Based Distributed Systems, 15th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference (ACSAC '99), Phoenix, AZ, US, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/CSAC.1999.816041, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=151660 (Accessed October 10, 2025)