Authentication in the Taos Operating System
Author
Edward Wobber,Martin Abadi,Mike burrows,Butler Lampson\%M December
Entry type
techreport
Abstract
We describe a design for security in a distributed system and its implementation. In
our design, applications gain access to security services through a narrow interface.
This interface provides a notion of identity that includes simple principals, groups,
roles, and delegations. A new operating system component manages principals, credentials,
and secure channels. It checks credentials according to the formal rules of a logic of
authentication. Our implementationis efficient enough to support a substantial user
comminuity.
Date
1993 – 10
Address
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Institution
Systems Research Center
Key alpha
Wobber
Publication Date
0000-00-00
Location
A hard-copy of this is in the Papers Cabinet