[xacml] Re: Boolean Policy resolution

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Anne Anderson <>
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2002-02-01T17:58:00+00:00
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[xacml] Re: Boolean Policy resolution
On 31 January, bill parducci writes: Re: [xacml] Re: Boolean Policy resolution
> conversely you have the example:  >
> your dept wants to make sure that requirements of corporate AND
> department are met before allowing access. someone at corporate enters a
> typo that causes the policy to return 'not applicable'. user granted
> access even though they would have been denied such access had the
> policy been written correctly.  A typo could also cause a policy to return  false  or  true  incorrectly.  I think we have to assume that policies are written correctly.  Where we can think of ways to make it more likely that a policy will be written correctly, however, then by all means let's use them.  I don't think this is one of those ways, however.  Anne

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