Patent ID: 6466932
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of determining policy to apply to a policy recipient under a plurality of hierarchically organized directory containers, wherein at least one of the directory containers is associated with at least one group policy object having policy information therein, comprising the steps of:selecting each directory container, and for each selected directory container: determining if any group policy object is associated with that directory container, and if so, for each group policy object associated therewith: determining if that group policy object is enforced, and if so, including an identifier of that group policy object in a list of group policy objects to apply to the policy recipient, and if not enforced: determining if that group policy object is blocked, and if not blocked, including an identifier of that group policy object in a list of group policy objects to apply to the policy recipient.