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Weider D. Yu, Ellora Nayak. "An Algorithmic Approach to Authorization Rules Conflict Resolution in Software Security". Proceedings of the Thirty-second IEEE International Computer Software & Applications Conference(COMPSAC), IEEE Computer Society, 32-35, July, 2008.

Abstract
Conflicts can occur in access control models due to many reasons. Conflict resolution in real-time can be a challenging task due to the complexity of the access control rules. For a large number of access rules for a given service, detecting exactly which rules caused conflicts can be a daunting task. This paper describes an algorithm to resolve conflicts using the ARSL (Authorization Rule Specification Language) model. The algorithm is designed to work on the complexity issues of conflict resolution by preventing the occurrences of conflicts. The algorithm is based on priority of the authorization rules for a given resource and the priority is based on the sequence of occurrences of the authorization rules specified in the ARSL input file.

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  >An Algorithmic Approach to Authorization Rules Conflict
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  the Thirty-second IEEE International Computer Software &
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  Weider D. Yu, Ellora Nayak. "An Algorithmic Approach to
  Authorization Rules Conflict Resolution in Software
  Security". Proceedings of the Thirty-second IEEE
  International Computer Software & Applications
  Conference(COMPSAC), IEEE Computer Society, 32-35, July,
  2008.

• BibTeX

  @inproceedings{YuNayak08_AlgorithmicApproachToAuthorizationRulesConflictResolution,
      author = {Weider D. Yu and Ellora Nayak},
      title = {An Algorithmic Approach to Authorization Rules
                Conflict Resolution in Software Security},
      booktitle = {Proceedings of the Thirty-second IEEE
                International Computer Software \& Applications
                Conference(COMPSAC)},
      organization = {IEEE Computer Society},
      pages = {32-35},
      month = {July},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {Conflicts can occur in access control models due
                to many reasons. Conflict resolution in real-time
                can be a challenging task due to the complexity of
                the access control rules. For a large number of
                access rules for a given service, detecting
                exactly which rules caused conflicts can be a
                daunting task. This paper describes an algorithm
                to resolve conflicts using the ARSL (Authorization
                Rule Specification Language) model. The algorithm
                is designed to work on the complexity issues of
                conflict resolution by preventing the occurrences
                of conflicts. The algorithm is based on priority
                of the authorization rules for a given resource
                and the priority is based on the sequence of
                occurrences of the authorization rules specified
                in the ARSL input file.},
      URL = {http://www.truststc.org/pubs/432.html}
  }
  

Posted by Weider D. Yu on 19 Aug 2008.
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