[cap-talk] Throwing down the gauntlet

[John C. McCabe-Dansted]

On Tuesday 10 January 2006 08:00, David Wagner wrote:
> John C. McCabe-Dansted writes:
> >public:Bob knows that secret:Bob is able to receive at least x units of
> > data per second, and will only transmit at this rate.
>
> I don't understand why anyone thinks that limiting the bandwidth of
> covert channels is a very useful solution.

Here I am talking about limiting the rate of *overt* communication. Since no 
back chat is allowed, secret:Bob cannot send flow control signals to 
public:Bob. Thus it is wise for public:Bob to limit its rate of transmission 
based on the published realtime constraints of any Bob object.

-- 
John C. McCabe-Dansted
Masters Student