U3.1 Access Control

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Masters Comp Sec Mind Map on U3.1 Access Control, created by Craig Parker on 13/11/2013.
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U3.1 Access Control
  1. Permit or deny user access to computer resources according to redefined security policy
    1. Who/What (system/user) is allowed to read and write to system resources
    2. Reference Monitor
      1. Establishes validity of access requests
        1. REFERENCE MONITOR > either grants or denies request
          1. Subject tries an Access request >
            1. System decision
              1. Part of the OS. Its integrity is extremely Important
          2. Subjects
            1. Can be user or process
              1. Will try gain access
                1. May be represented by more than 1 principal
                2. Objects
                  1. passive entity / resource in a computer system. IE:file / directory.
                  2. Principal
                    1. attribute or property associated with a subject
                      1. User ID, process running on behalf of the user
                        1. Subject may be represented by more than 1 principal
                    2. Unix has 3 Access Operations
                      1. read (r)
                        1. write (w)
                          1. does not include read
                          2. execute (e)
                            1. For file access meanings are clear
                              1. For directory access
                                1. read
                                  1. list the contents of the directory
                                  2. write
                                    1. create or rename the files in the directory
                                    2. execute
                                      1. enter the directory.
                                    3. For directory permissions are listed consecutivly in a row
                                      1. IE drwxr-xr--
                                        1. d indicates driectory, the next 3 are owners positions, following 3 groups permissions, remaining = everyone elses permissions
                                  3. Bell-LaPladula
                                    1. Assigns security labels
                                      1. Policy that information may not flow downwards from a high level to a lower level entity
                                      2. Observe mode
                                        1. read / write
                                        2. Alter mode
                                          1. append / write
                                        3. Access Operations - Interaction between a subject and an object that causes a flow of information
                                          1. 4 Primitive Access Operations
                                            1. Read
                                              1. Can observe and object. Read only
                                              2. Write
                                                1. Able to read and write or alter/delete objects
                                                  1. Write includes read
                                                2. Execute
                                                  1. Allows the subject to use the object without reading or writing
                                                    1. Subject runs a program, or access a crypto key
                                                  2. Append
                                                    1. Sometimes = blind write or write only. subject allowed to alter the object without observing contents
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