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
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| Acronym | Meaning | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RSBAC | Rule Set Based Access Control | Free open source access control solution :) |
| REG | Registration Facility | Allows easy registration of new modules/plug-ins for RSBAC. |
| 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 | 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. |
| Acronym | Meaning | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AUTH | Authenticated User | Controls user authentification, user id changes. |
| UM | User Management | In kernel user management. Replaces traditional shadow-based passwords. |
| 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 (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 | 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 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. |