Ma X: An Access Control System for Digital Libraries and the Web

  • Authors:
  • Elisa Bertino;Elena Ferrari;Andrea Perego

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • COMPSAC '02 Proceedings of the 26th International Computer Software and Applications Conference on Prolonging Software Life: Development and Redevelopment
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

Digital Libraries (DLs) introduce several challenging requirements with respect to the formulation, specification and enforcement of adequate access control policies. Unlikeconventional database environments, a DL typically is characterised by a dynamic subject population, often making accesses from remote locations, and by an extraordinarily large amount of information, stored in a variety of formats. Additionally, protecting a DL does not only means protecting documents that reside at the DL site, but also protecting accesses that the DL subscribers made to external Web documents.In this paper we present MaX, a comprehensive system for enforcing access control, specifically tailored to both DL and Web environments. Key features of MaX are the supportfor credential and content-based access control to DL and Web documents, and its full integration with standard Internet rating systems.