Role-based access control (RBAC) is increasingly attracting attention because it reduces the complexity and cost of security administration by interposing the notion of role in the assignment of permissions to users. In this paper, we present a formal framework relying on an extension of the π calculus to study the behavior of concurrent systems in a RBAC scenario. We define a type system ensuring that the specified policy is respected during computations, and a bisimulation to equate systems. The theory is then applied to three meaningful examples, namely finding the 'minimal' policy to run a given system, refining a system to be run under a given policy (whenever possible), and minimizing the number of users in a given system without changing the overall behavior.
A distributed calculus for role-based access control / C. Braghin, D. Gorla, V. Sassone - In: 17. IEEE computer security foundations workshop : Pacific Grove, California, june 28-30, 2004 : proceedingsLos Alamitos : Institute of electrical and electronics engineers, 2004. - ISBN 076952169X. - pp. 48-60 (( Intervento presentato al 17. convegno Computer Security Foundations Workshop tenutosi a Pacific Grove, USA nel 2004.
A distributed calculus for role-based access control
C. BraghinPrimo
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2004
Abstract
Role-based access control (RBAC) is increasingly attracting attention because it reduces the complexity and cost of security administration by interposing the notion of role in the assignment of permissions to users. In this paper, we present a formal framework relying on an extension of the π calculus to study the behavior of concurrent systems in a RBAC scenario. We define a type system ensuring that the specified policy is respected during computations, and a bisimulation to equate systems. The theory is then applied to three meaningful examples, namely finding the 'minimal' policy to run a given system, refining a system to be run under a given policy (whenever possible), and minimizing the number of users in a given system without changing the overall behavior.
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