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-AAF - Application Authorization FrameworK
+AAF - Application Authorization Framework
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.. The purpose of AAF (Application Authorization Framework) is to organize software authorizations so that applications, tools and services can match the access needed to perform job functions.
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+ architecture/architecture.rst
+ Bootstrapping-AAF-Components/Bootstrapping-AAF-Components.rst
+ configuration/configuration.rst
+ Installation/installation.rst
+ logging/logging.rst
+ release-notes/release-notes.rst
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Introduction
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AAF contains some elements of Role Based Authorization, but includes Attribute Based Authorization elements as well.
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- :scale: 100 %
- :alt: AAF highlevel Object Model
- :align: center
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Essential Components
-CADI (A Framework for providing Enterprise Class Authentication and Authorization with minimal configuration to Containers and Standalone Services)
-Cassandra (GRID Core)
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--Hadoop Plugin (a plugin via Hadoop Group Mapper mechanism)