[cap-talk] "Same" key

[Norman Hardy]

On Feb 6, 2007, at 8:47 PM, Mark S. Miller wrote:

> Regarding the KeyKOS literature, I'm confused about what they mean by
> "object". The KeySAFE paper in particular is careful to distinguish  
> "TCSEC
> object" from "KeyKOS object" and to always use the prefixed form  
> for the
> latter. Can any of the KeyKOS crowd/community clarify what the KeyKOS
> literature meant by "object"? Is the KeySAFE paper consistent with  
> your usage
> elsewhere?

The page from the Gnosis manual written circa 1980 is what I meant then:
http://agorics.com/Library/KeyKos/Gnosis/2.html
It still feels comfortable to me now.
It might be less specific than what we need now as it was meant to  
convey a style of software design, and not to support precise  
categories.