ACLs

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authorization mechanism computer security mechanism

ACLs (Access Control Lists) are security mechanisms that define and enforce which users or systems are permitted to access specific resources and what operations they are allowed to perform.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
ACLs canonical	1
AWS S3 bucket ACLs	1
Access Control List	1
Discretionary Access Control List	1
POSIX ACLs	1
PermissionManager	1
SGACLs	1
Security Group Access Control Lists	1
Zend_Acl	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9532661 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ACLs
Context triple: [VMS, hasSecurityFeature, ACLs]

A. ACL
ACL is the abbreviation for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, a historic U.S. railroad that operated primarily along the Atlantic seaboard in the southeastern United States.
B. ACL
ACL is the commonly used abbreviation for the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal’s national academy of sciences.
C. ACL
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is a U.S. federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Services that promotes the independence, well-being, and rights of older adults and people with disabilities.
D. ACL
The AFC Champions League is Asia's premier annual club football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation.
E. ACL
The ACL is a rookie-level Minor League Baseball league based in Arizona that serves as an entry point for newly drafted and developing professional players.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ACLs
Target entity description: ACLs (Access Control Lists) are security mechanisms that define and enforce which users or systems are permitted to access specific resources and what operations they are allowed to perform.

A. ACL
ACL is the abbreviation for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, a historic U.S. railroad that operated primarily along the Atlantic seaboard in the southeastern United States.
B. ACL
ACL is the commonly used abbreviation for the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Portugal’s national academy of sciences.
C. ACL
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) is a U.S. federal agency within the Department of Health and Human Services that promotes the independence, well-being, and rights of older adults and people with disabilities.
D. ACL
The AFC Champions League is Asia's premier annual club football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation.
E. ACL
The ACL is a rookie-level Minor League Baseball league based in Arizona that serves as an entry point for newly drafted and developing professional players.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	authorization mechanism ⓘ computer security mechanism ⓘ
abbreviation	ACL ⓘ
appliesTo	APIs ⓘ cloud resources ⓘ database objects ⓘ directories ⓘ files ⓘ network devices ⓘ
benefit	auditable access rules ⓘ centralized permission management ⓘ fine-grained access control ⓘ
canBe	stateful ⓘ stateless ⓘ
componentOf	discretionary access control ⓘ mandatory access control ⓘ role-based access control implementations ⓘ
contains	access control entries ⓘ
controls	delete permission ⓘ execute permission ⓘ inbound traffic ⓘ network traffic filtering ⓘ outbound traffic ⓘ read permission ⓘ write permission ⓘ
defines	allowed operations on resources ⓘ which subjects can access which objects ⓘ
exampleImplementation	AWS S3 bucket ACLs ⓘ linked to: ACLs Azure storage ACLs ⓘ Cisco IOS ACLs ⓘ linked to: Cisco IOS GCP Cloud Storage ACLs ⓘ POSIX ACLs ⓘ linked to: ACLs Unix file permission ACLs ⓘ Windows NTFS ACLs ⓘ linked to: NTFS
fullName	Access Control List ⓘ
policyModel	blacklisting ⓘ whitelisting ⓘ
relatedConcept	access control entry ⓘ authorization policy ⓘ capability-based security ⓘ discretionary access control ⓘ identity and access management ⓘ mandatory access control ⓘ role-based access control ⓘ
represents	list of access control entries ⓘ
risk	complexity in large environments ⓘ misconfiguration ⓘ overly permissive access ⓘ
specifiedBy	entries mapping subjects to permissions ⓘ rules ⓘ
usedFor	controlling access to resources ⓘ defining permissions ⓘ enforcing authorization policies ⓘ
usedIn	cloud storage services ⓘ databases ⓘ directory services ⓘ file systems ⓘ firewalls ⓘ network routers ⓘ object storage systems ⓘ operating systems ⓘ switches ⓘ web servers ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

VMS → hasSecurityFeature → ACLs ⓘ

Zend Framework 1 → hasComponent → Zend_Acl ⓘ

linked to: ACLs

TrustSec (on supported models) → uses → Security Group Access Control Lists ⓘ

linked to: ACLs

TrustSec (on supported models) → uses → SGACLs ⓘ

linked to: ACLs

MediaWiki user rights system → enforcedBy → PermissionManager ⓘ

linked to: ACLs

Windows NT security model → usesAccessControl → Access Control List ⓘ

linked to: ACLs

Windows NT security model → usesAccessControl → Discretionary Access Control List ⓘ

linked to: ACLs

Access control list → exampleImplementation → POSIX ACLs ⓘ

subject linked to: ACLs

linked to: ACLs

Access control list → exampleImplementation → AWS S3 bucket ACLs ⓘ

subject linked to: ACLs

linked to: ACLs

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Referenced by (9)

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