Re: [xacml] Inconsistency in obligation enforcement

This change is in alignment with my recollection of the discussions on Obligations when bias was introduced.

thanks

b

On Nov 16, 2009, at 4:42 AM, Erik Rissanen wrote:

> All,
> 
> While cleaning up the use of obligation/advice/expression in the core spec, I noticed that there is an inconsistency regarding enforcement of obligations. Section 5.1, line 1703 says:
> 
> "If the PEP does not understand, or cannot fulfill, any of the obligations, then it MUST act as if the PDP had returned a “Deny” authorization decision value. See Section 7.16."
> 
> This contradicts section 7.2 which defines PEP bias. Since I think there was agreement in the past that we want to let the PEP bias determine what happens in case of failed obligations, I am editing in the following change:
> 
> "If the PEP does not understand, or cannot fulfill, any of the obligations, then it MUST act according to the PEP bias. See Section 7.2 and 7.16."
> 
> Please let me know if you are not in agreement.
> 
> Best regards,
> Erik
> 
> 
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