Discretionary Access Control Knowledge, a Practical System

This paper offers a new solution for administrators to reduce abuse of access controls and simplify permissions management. The end-user's abuse of access controls is a threat to network resources. The poorly configured permissions by the administrator produce a vulnerability. The countermeasure is knowledge and efficient techniques. If the concepts of 'THE SNAIL' and the best practices are followed administrators will be able to reduce the confusion of calculating the effective cumulative permissions. Using THE GRID and THE FIVE RULES allow administrators to quickly identify and reduce vulnerabilities. By understanding permissions you increase the security of file servers and your network.