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Translating role-based access control policy to resource authorization policy

US8381306B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Dave M. McPherson · Bothell, US
Muthukrishnan Paramasivam · Seattle, US
Paul J. Leach · Seattle, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 30, 2006
Grant date	Feb 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 22, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F21/6218
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Translation of role-based authoring models for managing RBAC “roles” to resource authorization policy (RAP), such as ACL-based applications, is provided. A generic RBAC system is defined from which mappings to other authorization enforcement mechanism make possible the translation of RBAC “roles” to resource authorization policies applied to resources managed by a resource manager, e.g., a file system resource manager. An implementation is described that uses Windows Authorization Manager as a storage mechanism and object model to manage object types and relationships translated from an RBAC system.

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