In the digital age, securing files and controlling access to them is paramount. File permissions play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of data. This article delves into ...

Most UNIX systems use the standard POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) permissions when managing access to files. Standard POSIX permissions are independent of which file system they are used ...

Large enterprises and nuclear laboratories aren't the only organizations that need an Internet access policy and a means of enforcing it. My household has an Internet access policy, and the technique ...

The access controls typically support inheritance along the lines of the directory hierarchy. We will not delve into all these details but restrict the discussion to the differences of the three ...

ACLs, or Access Control Lists, are available for a variety of Linux filesystems including ext2, ext3, and XFS. With XFS, ACL support is available pretty much “out of the box” and with ext2/ext3, it’s ...

This article originally appeared in Access Control Trends & Technology 2023, a special bonus publication to Security Business magazine, Security Technology Executive, and Locksmith Ledger magazine. In ...