[cap-talk] Interesting Presentation: Architectural Choices for Security

[Mark Miller]

On Nov 10, 2007 5:50 PM, Ivan Krstić <krstic at solarsail.hcs.harvard.edu> wrote:
> Thanks for sharing the link, Mark. Some of the points are quite
> similar to ones I made in my May keynote on OLPC and security at
> AusCERT; should this group find it of interest, my slide deck is here:
>
>      <http://radian.org/~krstic/talks/2007/auscert/slides.pdf>

I just flipped through it. I liked it a lot. Slide 38 was a LOL.

A nit: I'm uncertain about how much credit to give the B5000. It had
some elements right: descriptors and (essentially) c-lists. It did
help inspire Dennis and van Horn, and DVH do cite it. It also helped
inspire Alan Kay towards objects. But I don't think it actually had
any appreciable security properties. In any case, when uncertain, we
should err on the side of being too generous with credit, so you
probably did the right thing.

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    Cheers,
    --MarkM