摘要:
A restrict ed access token is created from an existing token, and provides less access than that token. A restricted token may be created by changing an attribute of one or more security identifiers allowing access in the parent token to a setting that denies access in the restricted token and/or removing one or more privileges from the restricted token relative to the parent token. A restricted access token also may be created by adding restricted security identifiers thereto. Once created, a process associates another process with the restricted token to launch the other process in a restricted context that is a subset of its own rights and privileges. A kernel-mode security mechanism determines whether the restricted process has access to a resource by first comparing user-based security identifiers in the restricted token and the intended type of action against a list of identifiers and actions associated with the resource. If no restricted security identifiers are in the restricted token, access is determined by this first check, otherwise a second access check further compares the restricted security identifiers against the list of identifiers and actions associated with the resource. With a token having restricted security identifiers, the process is granted access if both the first and second access checks pass. In this manner, a process is capable of restricting another process, such as possibly unruly code, in the actions it can perform.
摘要:
An improved computer network security system and method wherein access to network resources is based on information that includes the location of the connecting user. In general, the less trusted the location of the user, the more the access rights assigned to the user are restricted. A discrimination mechanism and process determines the location of a user with respect to categories of a security policy, such as to distinguish local users, intranet users and dial-up users from one another. Based on information including the location and the user's credentials, an access token is set up that may restrict the user's normal access in accordance with the security policy, such as to not restrict a user's processes beyond the user-based security information in the user's normal access token, while further restricting the same user's access to resources when connecting via a dial-up connection. Restricted tokens are preferably used to implement the location-based discrimination by restricting the security context of users connecting from less trusted locations.
摘要:
A method and computing system for extending access control of system objects in a computing environment beyond traditional rights such as read, write, create and delete. According to the invention, a system administrator or user application is able to create control rights that are unique to the type of object. Rights can be created that do not relate to any specific property of the object, but rather define how a user may control the object. A novel object, referred to as a control access data structure, is defined for each unique control right and associates the control right with one or more objects of the computing environment. In order to grant the right to a trusted user, an improved access control entry (ACE) is defined which holds a unique identifier of the trusted user and a unique identifier of the control access data structure.
摘要:
Providing access control to individual properties of an object is described. In one embodiment, a computer system comprises an operating system operative to control applications and services running on the system. The service maintains a service object having at least one property. Also included in the system is an access control module within the operating system. The access control module includes an access control interface operative to control access to a property of the object.
摘要:
Providing object type specific access control to an object is described. In one embodiment, a computer system comprises an operating system operative to control an application and a service running on a computer. The service maintains a service object having a link to an access control entry. The access control entry contains an access right to perform an operation on an object type. The system further includes an access control module within the operating system. The access control module includes an access control interface and operates to grant or deny the access right to perform the operation on the object.
摘要:
A hardware and/or software facility for durably and securely storing data within a shared community storage network. A user may have a storage device that they intend to share with others in the network. All or a portion of the storage device is registered with the community storage network as a storage node. Once registered with the network, third party data may be stored on the storage node and remotely accessed by third parties. In addition, data stored on the storage device by the user may be stored in the shared community storage network by encrypting the data, adding redundancy, and distributing it to other storage nodes within the storage network. Data that is stored in the storage network is accessible to the user even if their storage device is inaccessible or fails.
摘要:
A hardware and/or software facility for durably and securely storing data within a shared community storage network. A user may have a storage device that they intend to share with others in the network. All or a portion of the storage device is registered with the community storage network as a storage node. Once registered with the network, third party data may be stored on the storage node and remotely accessed by third parties. In addition, data stored on the storage device by the user may be stored in the shared community storage network by encrypting the data, adding redundancy, and distributing it to other storage nodes within the storage network. Data that is stored in the storage network is accessible to the user even if their storage device is inaccessible or fails.
摘要:
A selective cross-realm authenticator associates an identifier with a request from an entity authenticated in one realm to access a resource associated with a second realm. The identifier indicates that the entity was authenticated in a realm other than the realm associated with the requested resource. A domain controller associated with the resource performs an access check to verify that the authenticated user is authorized to authenticate to the requested resource. Permissions associated with the resource can be used to specify levels of access to be granted to entities authenticated by a domain controller associated with another realm.
摘要:
Methods and arrangements are provided for use in multiple user computing environments. These methods and arrangements can be configured to allow for a plurality of separate and concurrent desktops and workspaces within the shared computing environment. One method includes creating a separate desktop thread for each user that is authenticated during a logon process, creating a separate desktop associated with each desktop thread, and maintaining a list of desktop threads that are created. In this manner, several users can be logged on simultaneously. In certain implementations, the method further includes establishing a separate user environment associated with each desktop and launching a separate user shell associated with each desktop. The list of desktop threads allows for selective and/or automatic switching from a first desktop to a second desktop without terminating a desktop thread associated with the first desktop. The methods and arrangements are also applicable to remote process logon and switching.
摘要:
Modeling operational policies of operating a business's or institution's actual or planned IT system. The IT system may include components such as applications, application hosts, one or more networks or components thereof, hardware, and interrelationships between the components. The IT system is to be operated in accordance with operational policies that govern existence or numerosity of components, how the components are interrelated, how the components and interrelationships are configured, and/or manual or automated processes for managing and maintaining the IT system. The modeling may involve generating code that conforms to a language by declaring abstractions using types that correspond to the components of the IT system, by declaring types of interrelationships that correspond to the interrelationships of the IT system, and by defining constraints upon and between the abstract types, where the constraints correspond to operational policies of operating the IT system.