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An Algorithmic Approach to Authorization RulesConflict Resolution in Software Security
Weider D. Yu, Ellora Nayak

Citation
Weider D. Yu, Ellora Nayak. "An Algorithmic Approach to Authorization RulesConflict Resolution in Software Security". Talk or presentation, 12, November, 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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    Weider D. Yu, Ellora Nayak. <a
    href="http://www.truststc.org/pubs/495.html"
    ><i>An Algorithmic Approach to Authorization
    RulesConflict Resolution in Software
    Security</i></a>, Talk or presentation,  12,
    November, 2008.
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    Weider D. Yu, Ellora Nayak. "An Algorithmic Approach to
    Authorization RulesConflict Resolution in Software
    Security". Talk or presentation,  12, November, 2008.
  • BibTeX
    @presentation{YuNayak08_AlgorithmicApproachToAuthorizationRulesConflictResolution,
        author = {Weider D. Yu and Ellora Nayak},
        title = {An Algorithmic Approach to Authorization
                  RulesConflict Resolution in Software Security},
        day = {12},
        month = {November},
        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/495.html}
    }
    

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