ALSO CALLED: Windows Vulnerabilities, Windows Flaws, Microsoft Windows Security, and Windows Vista Security DEFINITION: Security Descriptor Definition Language (SDDL) is a formal way to specify Microsoft Windows security descriptors or text strings that describe who owns various objects such as files in the system. The security descriptor may also provide an access control list for an object
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WINDOWS SECURITY DEFINITION (continued): Security Descriptor Definition Language (SDDL) is a formal way to specify Microsoft Windows security descriptors or text strings that describe who owns various objects such as files in the system. The security descriptor may also provide an access control list for an object or group of objects. Windows Security definition sponsored by SearchWindowsSecurity.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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