Access control in a workstation-based distributed computing environment

Author

Antonelli, C.J. ; Doster, W.A. ; Honeyman, P.

Author_Institution

Center for Inf. Technol. Integration, Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

11-12 Oct 1990

Firstpage

13

Lastpage

19

Abstract

The Institutional File System (IFS) project is a joint project of the Center for Information Technology Integration at the University of Michigan and the IBM Corporation. The goal of the IFS project is to offer network file services that are institution-wide, transparent, reliable, and secure. The mechanisms used to control access to system services on the IFS project are described. A logical overview of access control at the IFS project is given and is followed by an enumeration of the services on which the project relies, their interdependencies, and the mechanisms by which access to these services is secured. Present vulnerabilities and future plans are described

Keywords

file organisation; network operating systems; security of data; IFS project; Institutional File System; access control; network file services; system services; workstation-based distributed computing environment; Access control; Authentication; Authorization; Computer hacking; Control systems; Distributed computing; File servers; File systems; Information technology; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Experimental Distributed Systems, 1990. Proceedings., IEEE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Huntsville, AL

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDS.1990.138044

Filename

138044