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Using Split Capabilities for Access Control
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2003.1159028January/February 2003 (vol. 20 no. 1) pp. 42-49
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The split-capabilities method offers improved scalability and revocation of privileges in controlling access to resources. Early releases of Hewlett-Packard?s e-speak product used this method to secure the system from a variety of common attacks. Split capabilities have the advantages of traditional capabilities without their limitations. The basic idea is to divide the capability into two parts: a handle to the resource being accessed and a handle to a separate resource representing the access rights being requested. Although such separation of name from authority is potentially problematic, this system brings these two elements together in the resource?s computing infrastructure.

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Alan H. Karp, Rajiv Gupta, Guillermo J. Rozas, Arindam Banerji, "Using Split Capabilities for Access Control," IEEE Software, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 42-49, Jan./Feb. 2003, doi:10.1109/MS.2003.1159028
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