Reasoning about accountability within delegation

Bruno Crispo, Giancarlo Ruffo

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Abstract

We propose a framework for the analysis of delegation protocols. Our framework allows to analyse how accountability is transferred (or kept) by delegator when she transfers some of her rights to the delegate. The ability to trace how accountability is distributed among principals of a system is crucial in many transactions that have a legal value, because accountability is usually a prerequisite to guarantee other well known security properties (e.g., non repudiation). Our approach starts from the notion of "provability" to formalise accountability. Then, we introduce new specifications for the analysis of delegation protocols and the distribution of credentials necessary to exercise delegated rights.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformation and Communications Security - 3rd International Conference, ICICS 2001, Proceedings
EditorsSihan Qing, Tatsuaki Okamoto, Jianying Zhou
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages251-260
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)3540428801, 9783540428800
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes
Event3rd International Conference on Information and Communications Security, ICICS 2001 - Xian, China
Duration: 13 Nov 200116 Nov 2001

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume2229
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference3rd International Conference on Information and Communications Security, ICICS 2001
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXian
Period13/11/0116/11/01

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