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Access Control on the Web Using Proof-carrying Authorization
Washington, DC April 22-April 24
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/DISCEX.2003.1194942DARPA Information Survivability Confe ...
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Lujo Bauer, Princeton University
Michael A. Schneider, Princeton University
Edward W. Felten, Princeton University
Andrew W. Appel, Princeton University
We describe a system for access control on the web that is based on the ideas of proof-carrying authorization (PCA). Our system is implemented as modules that extend a standard web server and web browser to use PCA to control access to web pages. The web browser generates proofs mechanically by iteratively fetching proof components until a proof can be constructed. We provide for iterative authorization, by which a server can require a browser to prove a series of challenges. Our implementation includes a series of optimizations, such as speculative proving, and modularizing and caching proofs, and demonstrates that the goals of generality, flexibility, and interoperability are compatible with reasonable performance.
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Lujo Bauer, Michael A. Schneider, Edward W. Felten, Andrew W. Appel, "Access Control on the Web Using Proof-carrying Authorization," discex, vol. 2, pp.117, DARPA Information Survivability Conference and Exposition - Volume II, 2003
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