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Re: grant / deny precedence indraft-ietf-ldapext-acl-model-04.txt



> Brian,
> I agree with your precedence examples and have no problem using them in
> the draft. Precedence order, however, could be a sticky problem.  I could
> see a precedence of (lowest--least specific) group, role, access-id
> (highest--most specific). 

I also support this precedence ordering (except that I thought your 
group and role were equivalent in terms of specificity)


>But if we allow other types of subjects, such as
> IP address (and heaven knows what else people would want to use), it's not
> clear where to include those in the precedence. So, the question to the
> mailing list is:  Do we want to include subjects other than the classic
> ones of acccess-id, role, and group?

You will have to say precisely what you mean by classic ones 
before people can give common answers, I believe

David

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