Research Article

Trust-Based Access Control Model from Sociological Approach in Dynamic Online Social Network Environment

Table 3

Proposed trust evaluation factors and OSN services.

EntitiesEvaluation factorContentsUser services in OSN
PositiveNegative

TrustorTendency (ta: trust ability, ts: trust sustainability, and tr: trust relationship)A trait that leads to a generalized expectation to trust others
Internal factorAbility () Characteristics that enable a user to have an influence within some specific domain. The trustee may be highly competent in the owner’s domain affording that person trust on tasks related to some area.Like, link, and shareDislike
TrusteeSustainability () The trustee’s perception that adheres to want to access someone’s domain continuously.Hits, comment, reply, and chatMisuse report
Relationship () A specific association between two or more people that binds a strong or weak tie.Friendship, number of common relationshipsBlock relationship
Third partyExternal factorRecommendationThe degree of third party’s trust derived from previous experiences with trusteeTrust value from third party