[cap-talk] Second ABAC Google talk is now up

[David Hopwood]

Kenton Varda wrote:
> On 7/17/06, David Hopwood <david.nospam.hopwood at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> That would not adequately distinguish it from other approaches that
>> happen to use object-oriented languages (in particular, Java's approach).
> 
> But you can do capabilities in Java (if you prohibit static variables). 
> The "approach" to which you refer is just an unnecessary layer bolted on top,
> which is not inherently tied to the language...  It wouldn't make sense to
> call Java's redundant security model "object-oriented security" since it's
> really not fundamentally tied to OOP.

I'm aware of that, but it is better to use a term that does not carry any
risk of confusion with such 'layers bolted on top'.

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