[cap-talk] Selling capabilities programming

[James A. Donald]

James A. Donald wrote:
 > > Present day well behaved programs in present day
 > > operating systems restrict their file accesses to
 > > files that the user expects them to: their own
 > > directories, and the files that the user directs.
 > > They act as if they never acquire any durable
 > > capability to access any file from the user or human
 > > system administrator.

Karp, Alan H wrote:
 > Unless a macro script embedded in the file directs
 > them to do otherwise.

I said "well behaved".