====== Policy Information Point (PIP) ======
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**Policy Information Point (PIP)** is the repository for hosts the [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:policy#definition_2_security | Policies]] the digital representation of the Policy which is provided to the [[[[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:pdp]] which then passes the decision to the [[[[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:pep]] where the access is permitted or denied.

Obviously in [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:pbms]], all the entities:

  * Policy Information Point (PIP)
  * [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:pdp]]
  * [[[[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:p:pep]] 


Source: [[https://ldapwiki.com/wiki/Policy%20Information%20Point ]]


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