[cap-talk] mailkey: transfer of accountability. Is this broken ?? should I start from scratch/horton ?

[Karp, Alan H]

James A. Donald wrote:
> 
> Alice has her identity capability, which she does not
> share with anyone.  It enables her to sign wiki entries
> 
What you describe is useful, and systems along these lines have been
built.  There are other systems in which capabilities have the "bearer
right" property in which possession of a capability is all that is
needed to use it.  Horton shows that it is possible to assign
responsibility in the latter case.  

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