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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2007
Sam Idicula, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Keefe, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Mohammed Irfan Rafiq, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tanvir Ahmed, Hayward, CA (US);
Vikram Pesati, San Jose, CA (US);
Nipun Agarwal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sam Idicula, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Keefe, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Mohammed Irfan Rafiq, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tanvir Ahmed, Hayward, CA (US);
Vikram Pesati, San Jose, CA (US);
Nipun Agarwal, Santa Clara, CA (US);
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and techniques for creating, updating, and using an ACL (access control list). A database system may include a constraining ACL which represents a global security policy that is to be applied to all applications that interact with the database. By ensuring that all ACLs inherit from the constraining ACL, the database system can ensure that the global security policy is applied to all applications that interact with the database. During operation, the system may receive a request to create or update an ACL. Before creating or updating the ACL, the system may modify the ACL to ensure that it inherits from the constraining ACL. In an embodiment, the system grants a privilege to a user only if both the ACL and the constraining ACL grant the privilege.