High run-time performance method for setting ACL rule for content management security
US7478094B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 11, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2463/101
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method providing a high performance access control list. The preferred embodiments operate in a computer network having a plurality of users of the network and comprising a database management system and a content management system controlling access to a plurality of entities shareable by the users of the network, the content management system using an access control list table having group privilege rules and user privilege rules for controlling access to the entities. A high performance ACL method is provided, the method comprising providing a run-time compiled ACL table, wherein the compiled ACL table provides resolved privilege rules for each of the users at run-time, and using the compiled ACL table, the content management system accessing user-selected ones of the entities based on the resolved privilege rules.
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