Automatic access controls in the Defense Message System (DMS)

Author

Dzierzawski, Dennis

Author_Institution

Booz Allen & Hamilton, Falls Church, VA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1262

Abstract

Access controls in legacy messaging systems such as AUTODIN rely heavily on human intervention. DMS provides an organizational and individual messaging capability with automatic access control based on a message security label and the authorizations of the originator and recipient as conveyed in their respective International Standards Organization (ISO) X.509 Certificates and Extensions. This paper presents an overview of the way this automatic access control process is performed, the features of the process, and the resources required for execution. Concepts discussed include types of access control means of conveying sensitivities and authorization, security policies, certificate policies, and the process for verifying authorizations, among others

Keywords

ISO standards; authorisation; digital communication; electronic messaging; military communication; telecommunication control; telecommunication security; telecommunication standards; AUTODIN; Defense Message System; ISO X.509 Certificates; authorizations; automatic access controls; certificate policies; legacy messaging systems; message security label; security policies; sensitivities; Access control; Access protocols; Authorization; Automatic control; Communication system security; Control systems; Humans; Information security; Message systems; National security;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference Proceedings, 1999. MILCOM 1999. IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5538-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.1999.821406

Filename

821406