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Glossary: MFA, Access Control and Passwords

rule-based access control

Also written: rule-based access, rule-based

An access model where an administrator's rules about conditions (address, port, time, device state) are applied to every request, whoever the user is, as in a firewall.

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Related terms

access control list (ACL)firewallconditional accessrole-based access control (RBAC)