Trust-Relation-Based Access Control Management in Distributed Computer Systems with Nettrust Software Package

A. A. Itkes , e-mail: itkes@imec.msu.ru

Logical access control is an important aspect of ensuring the security of information systems, including distributed ones. A subject of such system usually can access a remote object only with assistance of another subject, referred to as the trusting to the subject performing access. For this reason, one can use trust relations between subjects of the distributed system to control access to its objects. This article describes the software package, named Nettrust, designed to control trust relations in distributed computer systems.

Keywords: information security, access control, trust relations

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