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In computer security, an Authorization Certificate (also known as Attribute Certificate) is a digital document that describes a written permisson from the issuer

to use a service or a resource that the issuer controls or has access to use.

The permission can be delegated.

Please see SPKI/SDSI Certificate Documention for an example.

This solution prevents the service or resource host from having to use large access control lists. It is similar to the idea of capabilities: store the permission (or permissions) with a protected pointer to the object but not with the object itself.

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SPKI/SDSI Certificate Documention

Cryptography Computer security

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