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# ACL System # ACL System
Consul provides an optional Access Control List (ACL) system which can be used to control Consul provides an optional Access Control List (ACL) system which can be used to control
access to data and APIs. The ACL system is an access to data and APIs. The ACL system is a
[Object-Capability system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-capability_model) that relies [Capability-based system](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability-based_security) that relies
on tokens which can have fine grained rules applied to them. It is very similar to on tokens which can have fine grained rules applied to them. It is very similar to
[AWS IAM](http://aws.amazon.com/iam/) in many ways. [AWS IAM](http://aws.amazon.com/iam/) in many ways.