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Definition[]

An Access Control Decision Function (ADF) is

[a] specialized function that makes access control decisions by applying access control policy rules to an access request, ADI (of initiators, targets, access requests, or that retained from prior decisions), and the context in which the access request is made.[1]

References[]

  1. ITU, "Compendium of approved ITU-T Security Definitions," at 2 (Feb. 2003 ed.) (full-text).