Table 2 Attributes of a generic policy description
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Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
Policy | Encapsulates all necessary information for the processing of rules |
Target | Responsible for the matching (selection) during policy evaluation. Each policy has one target, and each target may contain many name-value attributes |
Constraint | After the policy matching, more specialized rule verification must be done. A constraint may trigger many actions |
Action | A description of an action to be taken |
Attribute | A name-value entity responsible principally for the matching of policies |