[cap-talk] Selling capabilities programming

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Wed, 2007-07-25 at 19:19 -0700, David Wagner wrote:
> I agree that powerboxes should grant transient capabilities.  I do not
> agree that it follows that object capability systems must never admit
> even the possibility of a durable capability.  That doesn't follow.

Indeed. In such a system, how would the power box obtain its
capabilities?
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Jonathan S. Shapiro, Ph.D.
Managing Director
The EROS Group, LLC