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Foil 129 Details on SESAME II

From Remarks on Internet and Java Security Basic Information Track Computational Science Course CPS616 -- Spring Semester 1999. by Geoffrey Fox, Mehmet Sen
Access to protected resource is controlled by PAC and by an Access Control List (ACL) similar to the NPAC Grading System.
PAC protection is provided by temporary secret cryptographic keys shared pairwise between the participants.
SESAME supports Certification Authorities, X.509 Directory user certificates.
SESAME supports delegation, i.e., an application act on user's behalf.
SESAME security structure is explained at
http://www.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/cosic/sesame/relat/ecma-219.ps.Z

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