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Subject: Re: [xacml] Proposed resolution to PM-1-02: Post-Conditions


On 22 March, Michiharu Kudoh writes: [xacml] Proposed resolution to PM-1-02: Post-Conditions
 > agreements. Besides this resolution, I would like to raise a new issue
 > "Combiner example for obligations".

Could you clarify what this issue is?

 > ISSUE: PM-1-02: Post-Conditions
 > 
 > We use the term "obligation" to mean what we have previously been calling
 > "post condition". The issue of the term is addressed in  PM-1-03.

Let's also close PM-1-03.

 > The obligation is an annotation that MAY be specified in a policyStatement
 > and/or policyCombinationStatement that should be returned in conjunction
 > with access meaning that the obligation(s) should be executed in
 > conjunction with access. The obligation is specified using URI
 > reference

I think this resolution is fine except for one thing.  We can
return obligations on "deny" as well as on "permit, so the
resolution should probably say "should be returned in conjunction
with an access decision meaning that the obligations(s) SHOULD be
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

executed by the PEP.
         ^^^^^^^^^^

 > with optional arguments. The processing rules of the obligation is defined
 > by ruleSet combiner or policySet combiner. XACML provides a couple of
 > combiner examples that deals with obligations in the informative section.
 > The actual meaning of each obligation differs from application. It also
 > depends on the configuration of the PEP and/or PDP. If the PEP does not
 > understand an obligation, the PEP should deny access. The PDP just collects
 > obligations.
 > 
 > (from F2F#4 minutes)
 > The set of obligations returned by each level of evaluation includes only
 > those obligations associated with the effect element being returned by the
 > given level of evaluation.  For example, a policy set may include some
 > policies that return Permit and other policies that return Deny for a given
 > request evaluation. If the policy combiner returns a result of Permit, then
 > only those obligations associated with the policies that returned Permit
 > are returned to the next higher level of evaluation.  If the PDP's
 > evaluation is viewed as a tree of policyCombinationStatements,
 > policyStatements, and rules, each of which returns "Permit" or "Deny", then
 > the set of obligations returned by the PDP will include only the
 > obligations associated paths where the effect at each level of evaluation
 > is the same as the effect being returned by the PDP.
 > 
 > Michiharu Kudo
 > 
 > IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory, Internet Technology
 > Tel. +81 (46) 215-4642   Fax +81 (46) 273-7428
 > 
 > 
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