The protocol will be designed based on research in capability systems, i.e., an approach to permission management where users or programs are required a specific capability to access any file or to execute any command. Examples of such capability systems can be found in Linux, Free BSD, and QuasiOS. The usage of these capability systems will enable fine-grained control over which commands are permitted in various application domains such as Internet of Things (IoT), robots, cloud infrastructure, etc.
Three complementary partners will be involved in the CBCP project:
- SDU is the leader and the coordinator of the project
- QuasiOS ApS is an early-stage startup developing an operating system that leverages the latest research results in the field of capability-based permission
- Universal Robots is one of the world leaders within collaborative robots and will provide consultancy and technical guidance as well as the concrete industrial setting to test the CBCP protocol and showcase its usage.
A showcase and dissemination event for the proof-of-concept of the protocol and use cases will be presented in a live Q&A session in early 2022.
For more information and to follow the project, we invite the readers to the QuasiOS blog on the project