A Critical Review of the Resource Access Decision Specification in CORBA
Michael Schneider, Markus Aleksy, Axel Korthaus, Martin Schader · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 2005
This article critically analyzes access control in CORBA applications that is based on the OMG's Resource Access Decision Facility specification. After a short presentation of the RAD Facility, we discuss its strengths and weaknesses and describe shortcomings of the current version of the specification. Finally, possible reasons for the industry's reluctance to accept this approach are presented.