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

David Hopwood david.nospam.hopwood at blueyonder.co.uk
Tue Dec 26 10:50:06 CST 2006


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.

OK. The important point was that they are instances of programs.

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David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood at blueyonder.co.uk>



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