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6  Consul provides an optional Access Control List (ACL) system which can be used to control access to data and APIs. The ACL system is a Capability-based system that relies on tokens which can have fine grained rules applied to them. It is very similar to AWS IAM in many ways.
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9# ACL System
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11This content has been moved into the [ACL Guide](https://learn.hashicorp.com/consul/security-networking/production-acls).
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14See [Complete ACL Coverage in Consul 0.8](/docs/acl/acl-legacy.html)
15for details about ACL changes in Consul 0.8 and later.
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