RBAC (Role Based Access Control) References

RBAC/GENERAL:

"Role Based Access Control"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RBAC

"RBAC Standards & Methods @ NIST"
http://csrc.nist.gov/rbac/

LIVEUSER:

"LiveUser @ PEAR"
http://pear.php.net/package/LiveUser/

"LiveUser Tutorial"
http://oss.backendmedia.com/LiveUser/Complete

"A series of LiveUser articles describes how to setup and use theLiveUser
authentication and permission framework"
http://www.gvngroup.be/doc/LiveUser/index.php

OTHER IMPLEMENTATIONS:

"PHPgacl - Generaic Access Control Lists"
http://phpgacl.sf.net

"A Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) system for PHP"
http://www.tonymarston.net/php-mysql/role-based-access-control.html

"dbAcl: Database-backed ACL for Cake"
http://wiki.cakephp.org/docs:acl:introduction

"PHP Authentication and Access Control Libraries"
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2004/06/11/php-authentication-and-access-control-libraries/

"PHP Login System with Admin Features"
http://www.evolt.org/article/PHP_Login_System_with_Admin_Features/17/60384/index.html

RELATED ZF PROPOSALS:

Zend_Perms Proposal
http://framework.zend.com/wiki/display/ZFPROP/Zend_Perms+Proposal

(this'll eventually move to the new wiki location ... cref: http://framework.zend.com/issues/browse/ZF-4 )
http://framework.zend.com/developer/browser/trunk/documentation/proposals/rejected/Zend_Auth

ZF-RELATED THREADS:

from Arnaud Limbourg ('Paul' thread) @:
http://www.zend.com/lists/fw-general/200606/msg00060.html