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| | Access control list (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07) |
 | | The list is a data structure, usually a table, containing individual users or groups rights to specific system objects, such as a program, a process, or a file (in Microsoft-speak each entry in the ACL is an access control entry (ACE)). |
 | | The ACL is a concept, it is implemented differently by various operating system, although there is a POSIX standard. |
 | | ACLs have been proven to be insecure under certain conditions and capability[?] is considered a better control, with the authority transferred from the objects being accessed to the objects seeking access - allowing for much finer-grained control. |
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