Explain Protection mechanism.
Protection mechanism: The subsequent mechanisms are commonly utilized for protecting files having programs and data.
(a) Access controls lists (ACL's) (b) Capability lists (C- lists)
These lists are utilized to make sure that uses only access files that are explicitly authorized access. These files contain
(i) files created by a user herself/himself
(ii) files owned by others, for that a user process explicit access privileged granted through other owners.