Fact Qualifiers in Security Scenarios
First Claim
1. One or more processor-accessible media comprising processor-executable instructions that include a security token, the security token comprising multiple respective assertions that are associated with multiple respective assertion fact qualifiers;
- wherein each individual assertion of the multiple respective assertions may be independently checked for conformance with a current environmental state using a particular assertion fact qualifier that is associated with the individual assertion.
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Abstract
One or more fact qualifiers may be associated with an assertion in security scenarios. In an example implementation, each respective assertion may be associated with a respective fact qualifier in a security token having multiple assertions. In another example implementation, a fact qualifier of a first assertion may be checked or disregarded based on whether a corresponding second assertion includes a fact qualifier check constraint. In yet another example implementation, an assertion made by an assertor may be associated with multiple fact qualifiers.
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20 Claims
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1. One or more processor-accessible media comprising processor-executable instructions that include a security token, the security token comprising multiple respective assertions that are associated with multiple respective assertion fact qualifiers;
- wherein each individual assertion of the multiple respective assertions may be independently checked for conformance with a current environmental state using a particular assertion fact qualifier that is associated with the individual assertion.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6)
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7. A method for determining if a fact qualifier of a first assertion is to be checked based on a corresponding second assertion, the method comprising:
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determining if the second assertion includes a fact qualifier check constraint; if the second assertion is not determined to include a fact qualifier check constraint, disregarding the fact qualifier of the first assertion; and if the second assertion is determined to include a fact qualifier check constraint, checking the fact qualifier of the first assertion. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 13. A system comprising a security scheme that enables an assertion made by an assertor to be associated with multiple fact qualifiers, wherein each fact qualifier indicates at least one environmental parameter that the assertor believes should hold for the associated assertion to be considered valid.
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