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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

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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.)
ADF	Access Decision Facility	RSBAC's part of the framework deciding which ACI to return.
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.
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	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.).
JAIL	Jail:)	Confines subjects into an hermetic jail, like an improved chroot.
RES	Resources	Control Linux's Resources (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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