In security engineering and computer security, authorization, is a part of the operating system that protects computer resources by only allowing those resources to be used by resource consumers that have been granted authority to use them. Resources include individual files or items data, computer programs, computer devices and functionality provided by computer applications. Examples of consumers are computer users, computer programs and other devices on the computer. Authorization process makes use of the authentication process to identify consumers. When a consumer tries to use a resource, the authorization process checks that the consumer has been granted permission to use that resource. Permissions are generally defined by the computer's system administrator in some types of "security policy application", such as an access control list or a capability, on the basis of the "principle of least privilege": consumers should only be granted permissions they need to do their jobs. Older and single user operating systems often had weak or non-existent authentication and authorization systems. "Anonymous consumers" or "guests", are consumers that have not been required to authenticate. They often have very few permissions. On a distributed system, it is often desirable to grant access without requiring a unique identity. Familiar examples of authorization tokens include keys and tickets: they grant access without proving identity.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LABT_ETD/oai:elaba.lt:LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060531_174943-84468 |
| Date | 31 May 2006 |
| Creators | Janulevičius, Kęstutis |
| Contributors | Butleris, Rimantas, Šeinauskas, Rimantas, Bareiša, Eduardas, Stulpinas, Raimundas, Štuikys, Vytautas, Lenkevičius, Antanas, Tomkevičius, Arūnas, Motiejūnas, Kęstutis, Kazanavičius, Egidijus, Kaunas University of Technology |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), Kaunas University of Technology |
| Source Sets | Lithuanian ETD submission system |
| Language | Lithuanian |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Master thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060531_174943-84468 |
| Rights | Unrestricted |
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