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Subject: RE: Additional Combining Algorithms Profile V1.0 and some notes on combining algorithms


Hi,

I think the last "if" block is not necessary and can be removed (check the last table in the attached PDF).
Which made me think that probably pseudo-code is not the best way to explain the policy/rule combining behavior, because we are somehow mixing the "what" and "how". I suggest the policy/rule combining should be described as a "function" and then, if necessary, a (non-normative) algorithm be proposed for computing it --leaving it up to developer to perhaps find other ways to compute it more efficiently in the specific context. 

Please see the attached PDF in which I discussed this briefly.

Also, we must be aware that the combing algorithm of this profile is different from the others we have seen so far, since not only does it care about the order of the children*, it also depends on the number of children. I think this is a bit counter-intuitive and somehow stretching the meaning of "combining algorithm" for implementing something that is not inherently/semantically a combining algorithm's job. Maybe a cleaner approach is to support conditions on Policy/PolicySets to avoid complicated workarounds like this.


[*] Sensitivity to the order of children (as it also exists in the standard "first-applicable" combining algorithm) is generally undesirable. It makes the policy more difficult to understand and maintain, since the rules/policies will no longer be independent of each other and adding a rule/policy requires going through the entire collection to analyze its implicit effects on the others which is an administrative nightmare --remember iptables.

Regards,
Mohammad Jafari
Security Architect, Edmond Scientific Company


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Subject: [xacml] 30-day Public Review for XACML 3.0 Additional Combining Algorithms Profile V1.0

OASIS members,  

The OASIS eXtensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) TC [1] members have recently approved a Committee Specification Draft (CSD) and submitted this specification for 30-day public review:

XACML 3.0 Additional Combining Algorithms Profile Version 1.0 Committee Specification Draft 01 / Public Review Draft 01
10 January 2013

Specification Overview:

This profile defines new useful but optional combining algorithms for XACML 3.0. 

TC Description: 

The XACML Technical Committee defines a core XML schema for representing authorization and entitlement policies. 

Public Review Period:

The public review starts 28 January 2013 and ends 27 February 2013.

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PDF:
http://docs.oasis-open.org/xacml/xacml-3.0-combalgs/v1.0/csprd01/xacml-3.0-combalgs-v1.0-csprd01.pdf

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http://docs.oasis-open.org/xacml/xacml-3.0-combalgs/v1.0/csprd01/xacml-3.0-combalgs-v1.0-csprd01.zip

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