Re: FW: [cloudauthz] a definitino of 'Entitlement' - proposal

[David Chadwick <d.w.chadwick@kent.ac.uk>]

Tom, I think we are on the same path. What we call the entity that 
passes from the user to the resource is less important than its 
semantics, and we agree it is not a privilege, but rather it is 
something that the resource owner decides is or is not permission to 
access what the user requested to access. I dont think entitlement is 
the correct name for this entity

regards

David

On 22/01/2013 14:18, Barbir, Abbie wrote:
> *From:*Smith, Thomas C. [mailto:Tom.Smith@jhuapl.edu]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 22, 2013 9:07 AM
> *To:* Barbir, Abbie
> *Subject:* RE: [cloudauthz] a definitino of 'Entitlement' - proposal
>
> Abbie,
>
> I tried to post this but it bounced. Can you post it for me? Thanks, -tom
>
> All,
>
> So here’s my two cents…
>
> An entitlement is what you get by virtue of membership regardless of how
> it’s obtained (birth, grant, activity, etc.). It implies, but does not
> guarantee or even specify privilege (where privilege is allowing a
> subject’s requested resource action in a given context).  To say it
> another way, privilege is the consequence of applying policy to
> entitlement(s). This separation of concerns is very important because
> the resource owner controls the policy, not the entitlement manager. So
> if you bind them in the design then it will not scale across resource
> owners that don’t have the same policy set.
>
> -tom
>
> *From:*cloudauthz@lists.oasis-open.org
> <mailto:cloudauthz@lists.oasis-open.org>
> [mailto:cloudauthz@lists.oasis-open.org] *On Behalf Of *Mike Poulin
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:12 AM
> *To:* cloudauthz@lists.oasis-open.org
> <mailto:cloudauthz@lists.oasis-open.org>
> *Subject:* [cloudauthz] a definitino of 'Entitlement' - proposal
>
> Hello All,
>   here is a proposal for a definitino of Entitlement:
>
> An Entitlement is
>
>   * ·A concept of having a right to something or a guarantee of access
>     to something or based on established rights or by legislation. A
>     "right" is itself an entitlement associated with a moral or social
>     principle, such that an "entitlement" is a provision made in
>     accordance with the legal framework of a society.
>   * ·A process of on- and off-boarding an entitlement system, claiming
>     and assigning access rights,  and administering the entitlement system
>   * ·A system (manual or automated) that physically realises the
>     entitlement process, keeps entitlement entries, maintains
>     permissions and access rights for as well as information about the
>     actors and resources covered by the entitlement
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> - Michael Poulin
>
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