Network managers define access control by requiring authentication of the user's identity before permitting or limiting entry to a computer network or server
Restrictions of a Subject access to a resource See Also Access Controller, Subject
all RDBMS provide some mechanism for internal access control; each connecting process has a "user id" and not all user id's are able to see all tables or all fields of a given table Privileges are similar to file protection bits in a file system but more elaborate: read, write, update, delete are the basic set, and there are many more in some RDBMS
The process of preventing unauthorized access to the resources of an IT product, programs, processes, systems, or other IT products Some suppliers consider preventing unauthorized users from logging on to the system to be access control In reality, access control should also stop logged on users accessing objects (files, devices, etc) for which they have no authorization
Process of limiting access to the resources of an AIS only to authorized users, programs, processes, or other systems [1]
The methods by which interactions with resources are limited to collections of users or programs for the purpose of enforcing integrity, confidentiality, or availability constraints
1) Limiting access to information system resources to authorized users, programs, processes, or other systems only 2) Procedures and controls that limit or detect access to MEI Resource Elements (People, Technology, Applications, Data and/or Facilities) thereby protecting these resources against loss of Integrity, Confidentiality Accountability and/or Availability
provides mechanisms for granting access to authorized and authenticated users only
The enforcement of specified authorization rules based on positive identification of users and the systems or data they are permitted to access
the process of limiting access to the resources of a system only to authorized programs, processes, or other systems (in a network) Synonymous with controlled access and limited access Access control may be an administrative, physical, or technical control, but is most commonly considered a technical control limiting access to information or resources on a system Access control is generally a preventive control
a means for establishing the rights an authenticated party has to access and control a set of resources Thanks
Within NT you can set who can get to what files or directories, this controls the access to resources
(1) Restrictions controlling a subject's access to an object [ANDE72, NCSC87] (2) The ability and the means necessary to store or retrieve data to communicate with or to make use of any resource of an ADP system [NCSC87] (3) Protection of system resources against unauthorized access; a process by which use of system resources is regulated according to a security policy and is permitted by only authorized entities (users, programs, processes, or other systems) according to that policy [IETF99]
The mechanisms for limiting access to resources based on users' identities and their membership in various predefined groups Access control is used typically to control user access to network resources such as servers, directories, and files
The restriction of access to network realms In an Apache context usually the restriction of access to certain URLs See: Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control