[cap-talk] SPAM-LOW: Re: In Defense of Identities - really not

Jonathan S. Shapiro shap at eros-os.com
Wed Dec 6 16:48:01 CST 2006


On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 17:04 -0500, Sandro Magi wrote:

> Combined with local naming (ie. you can only add to an ACL you hold, a 
> subject to which you also hold an unforgeable identifier), Jed's idea is 
> essentially capability semantics. Your suggestion seems to boil down to 
> capabilities with a do-not-delegate flag by default. Are you arguing 
> against capabilities in the context of OpenCM, or making a more general 
> statement?

Capabilities were not an adequate solution for OpenCM.

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