[cap-talk] Another "core" principle - confused deputy?

[Mark S. Miller]

Mark S. Miller wrote:
>>>> (Note that Carol is a process, not a human user, and therefore is 
>> [I'll switch to using lowercase for names of processes.]
> 
> Sorry to be annoyingly pedantic, but surely we mean "subject", "object", or 
> "protection domain" above, not "process". The issues we're discussing are 
> about access control and naming, not scheduling.


Oops, sorry again David, I should have read more of your reply before 
responding. Your example is indeed also about scheduling. Nevertheless, I 
still recommend we stop saying "process" unless we're trying to focus 
attention on scheduling issues.


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