Introducing Access Control in Webdamlog

TL;DR

This paper discusses the development of access control mechanisms within WebdamLog, a distributed datalog extension, focusing on fine-grained data permissions and rule delegation for collaborative environments.

Contribution

It introduces a novel access control framework for WebdamLog, enabling fine-grained permissions and delegation capabilities in distributed data management.

Findings

Proposes a fine-grained access control mechanism based on provenance.

Develops a delegation control mechanism for remote rule deployment.

Enhances security and flexibility in collaborative data environments.

Abstract

We survey recent work on the specification of an access control mechanism in a collaborative environment. The work is presented in the context of the WebdamLog language, an extension of datalog to a distributed context. We discuss a fine-grained access control mechanism for intentional data based on provenance as well as a control mechanism for delegation, i.e., for deploying rules at remote peers.