(Dis)trust Certification Model for Large Access in Pervasive Environment
Résumé
The challenge of pervasive computing consists in
offering access to computing services anywhere and anytime with
any devices. However, before it becomes a reality, the problems
of access control and authentication have to be solved, among
others. Existing solutions are inadequate without adaptation to
this specific environment. Among the promising approaches, the
trust paradigm seems to be more flexible than others. We base
this proposal on this paradigm to implement a distrust model,
so-called APC (Access Pass Certificate). The main objective of
this model is to enable authorized user to roam and to access
trusted sites though they are not known locally. A user can claim
two kinds of APCs provided by two kinds of sites: the home site
(where the user has an account) and the trusted site (that trusts
the user). Using these certificates, the user can progressively
extend her access scope. This model implements a decentralized
mapping policy, where the correspondence between the user’s
home profile and her rights in the trusted sites is determined
by the trusted site. This distrust model and its implementation
are presented in this article where we exhibit its importance for
large but controlled access in pervasive environments