Rule Set Based Access Control (RSBAC) - Documentation

| # Rule Set Based Access Control (RSBAC) for Linux - Documentation

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Local Documentation

- Installation and Administration Instructions
- Implemented Models
- Compatibility
- Targets and Requests
- Network Access Control with Templates (from 1.2.0 onwards)
- Error Codes
- Module Registration (REG) - how to write your own decision module
- (Persistent) Generic Lists
- Memory Allocation
- The Logging System
- Administration Examples
- Benchmark results

## Scientific Papers and Talks (reverse order)

Short overview and new features of v1.2.0 at OpenWeekend, Prague, 1st to 2nd of June 2002. My talk slides are available in PDF as presentation (144K) and handout (143K). A picture gallery of the event is available at http://www.blisty.cz/gal.php?id=169.

Paper: Amon Ott: "The Rule Set Based Access Control (RSBAC) Linux Kernel Security Extension (PDF (179K) / zipped PS (123K))" for the 8th International Linux Kongress, Enschede, 28th to 30th of November 2001. The slides of my talk are also available as PDF (93K) and zipped PS (110K). Additionally, here is my tutorial handout in PDF (150K) and zipped PS (33K).

Paper: Amon Ott: "Rule Set Based Access Control (RSBAC) (PDF (163K) / zipped PS (119K))" for the Snow Unix Event / unix.nl congress "Reliable Internet", Waardenburg, 14th of September 2001. The slides of my talk are also available as PDF (90K) and zipped PS (108K).
Paper: Amon Ott, Simone Fischer-Hübner: "A Role-Compatibility Model for Secure System Administration (22K)" (not finished)
Paper: Amon Ott, Simone Fischer-Hübner, Morton Swimmer: "Approaches to Integrated Malware Detection and Avoidance (34K)" for The Third Nordic Workshop on Secure IT Systems (Nordsec'98)
Paper: Simone Fischer-Hübner, Amon Ott: "From a Formal Privacy Model to its Implementation (43K)" for the National Information Systems Security Conference (NISSC 98)
German Master Thesis: Amon Ott: "Rule Set Based Access Control as proposed in the 'Generalized Framework for Access Control' approach in Linux" in PDF (1200K), also available as PS (1040K) and zipped PS (356K). The Introduction and the summary are also available in English.

## Documentation on other Servers

- RSBAC for beginners in English, Russian and French - will give you a good start

Please also have a look at the link page for more information.

## Dissertation in Progress

I have started writing my dissertation about the RSBAC framework and my new models within it.

Questions, tips, etc.

02-Aug-02, -ao