A Discretionary Security Model for Object-oriented Environments

Wilna Jansen van Rensburg and Martin S Olivier

1996

Citation information

PW Jansen van Rensburg and MS Olivier, "A Discretionary Security Model for Object-oriented Environments", in SK Katsikas and D Gritzalis (eds), Information Systems Security: Facing the Information Society of the 21st Century, 306-316, Chapman & Hall, 1996

Abstract

This paper describes a discretionary security model, DISMOO. The model is designed for object-oriented environments. The model itself is therefore based on object-oriented concepts. The purpose of DISMOO is to provide a security model that provides a fine grain of protection, as well as a more advanced, enhanced and flexible discretionary security model. The security model is driven by capabilities, which is an adaptation of the traditional capability concept, used in access control mechanisms. The capability in DISMOO has much more flexibility and functionality. The model will enable all users of the system to protect their entities according to their own discretion.

Keywords

Security models, discretionary security, object-orientation

BibTeX entry

@INPROCEEDINGS(jan96,
  AUTHOR={P Wilna Jansen van Rensburg and Martin S Olivier},
  TITLE={A Discretionary Security Model for Object-oriented
      Environments},
  EDITOR={S K Katsikas and Dimitri Gritzalis},
  BOOKTITLE={Information Systems Security: Facing the  Information
      Society of the 21st Century},
  PAGES={306--316},
  PUBLISHER={Chapman \& Hall},
  YEAR={1996} )

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