IMMEDIATE POLICY EFFECTIVENESS IN EVENTUALLY CONSISTENT SYSTEMS

Policy changes are propagated to access control devices of a distributed system. The policy changes are given immediate effect without having to wait for the changes to propagate through the system. A token comprises the policy change and can be provided in connection with access requests. Before an...

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Hauptverfasser:	Roth, Gregory Branchek, Wren, Matthew James
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	Policy changes are propagated to access control devices of a distributed system. The policy changes are given immediate effect without having to wait for the changes to propagate through the system. A token comprises the policy change and can be provided in connection with access requests. Before an access control device has received a propagated policy change, the access control device can evaluate a token provided in connection with a request to determine, consistent with the policy change, whether to fulfill the request.