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Describes how messages requesting operation on a collection are checked against the permission model. |
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Components participating in a Bit Repository where RequireOperationAuthorization in RepositorySettings have been set to true is required to authorise any operation prior to performing them.
To authorise an operation a component must use the certificate used to sign the request and lookup its permissions in RepositorySettings.
- The operation can be authorised if the signing certificate have a suitable OperationPermission, see the Operation Permission model section for details.
- If no suitable OperationPermission can be found the component should reject the operation.
- In the event that the request is not an IdentifyRequest, i.e. an OperationRequest, the component should also send an Alarm to notify of the unauthorised request.
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