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ACL, DACL, SACL and the ACE

In this post will try to describe what ACLs and all its components is and how they are used.

In Windows you can delegate access to different kinds of Securable Objects. A Securable Object has a Security Descriptor (SD). The SD helps control the access to the object, it contains information of the owner, what to be audited and granted access in what way. It contains the actual ACL which sets the security permissions. In Active Directory all objects has a Security Descriptor.

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