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--- documentation:acronyms [2005/11/24 12:22] – kang
+++ documentation:acronyms [2006/05/02 13:40] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Acronyms ======
-//There are many, many different acronyms in projects such as RSBAC. This page lists most important ones, directly or not directely releated to RSBAC//
+//There are many, many different acronyms in projects such as RSBAC. This page lists the most important ones, directly or not directly related to RSBAC//
 //Note that you often have acronyms underlined in the website. By moving your mouse cursor over them, you can get a direct description.//
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 ^Acronym ^Meaning ^Description ^
 |RSBAC|Rule Set Based Access Control|Free open source access control solution :)|
-|AEF|Access Enforcement Facility|RSBAC's part of the framework enforcing the access control decision. (allow, deny, etc.)|
+|REG|Registration Facility|Allows easy registration of new modules/plug-ins for RSBAC.|
-|ADF|Access Decision Facility|RSBAC's part of the framework deciding which ACI to return.|
+|AEF|Access control Enforcement Facility|RSBAC's part of the framework enforcing the access control decision. (allow, deny, etc.)|
+|ADF|Access control Decision Facility|RSBAC's part of the framework deciding about every access, includes all decision modules.|
 |SO|Security Officer|Sometimes ''secoff'', the user usually taking care of the security attributes.|
 |DAC|Discretionary Access Control|Usually default Linux's access control, leave the access right control at the discretion of the user.|
-|ACI|Access Control Information|Defines the access rights.|
+|ACI|Access Control Information|Target related meta data like attributes and other meta data like role definitions.|
+|ACC|Access Control Context|Decision relevant context data from the kernel environment.|
 |ACE|Access Control Entry|Attribute storing the ACI.|
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 |RC|Role Compatibility|Put subjects into roles, with access to only certain types. Very powerfull.|
 |ACL|Access Control List|Lists of simple access control information rights, per subject.|
-|MAC|Mandatory Access Control|Enforces access contol per immutable security level.|
+|MAC|Mandatory Access Control (Bell-LaPadula)|Enforces access contol per immutable security level.|
 |PAX|Protection Against eXecution, or PAge Exec|Various memory protections, NX emulation, address space randomisation.|
 |DAZ|Dazuko|Antivirus interface for RSBAC, using Dazuko.|
-|CAP|Capacities|Control Linux's Capacities (net raw, dac override, etc.).|
+|CAP|Linux Capabilities|Control Linux's Posix Capabilities implementation (net raw, dac override, etc.).|
 |JAIL|Jail:)|Confines subjects into an hermetic jail, like an improved chroot.|
-|RES|Resources|Control Linux's Resources (CPU time per user, etc.).|
+|RES|Resources|Control Linux's resource limits (CPU time per user, etc.).|
 |FF|File Flags|Simple attribute flags per file/directory.|
 |PM|Privacy Module|Takes care of user's privacy, and private data.|

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