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SDDL

Updated: 04/26/2017 by Computer Hope

Security Descriptor Definition Language, or SDDL, defines the formatting used in expressing a security descriptor, usually as a text string. SDDL is used in the nTSecurityDescriptor attribute for defining an ACL (access control list) and in registry keys and NTFS (NTFS file system) files.

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