[cap-talk] "Immutable Law" #1 is alive and well at Microsoft

[Karp, Alan H]

Jed wrote:
> 
> I disagree.  It isn't a fine point for the few world class security
> experts that we need to pound home.  We need to communicate (inform,
> sell) to the computer hoi polloi.  Even at a conference like the
> Usenix Security conference I would say the majority had not
> heard/conceived of systems like CapDesk or Plash or Polaris where
> applications can run under POLA.
> 
I can confirm that.  I showed Polaris to Rik Farrow shortly before his
Usenix presentation.  Not only was he somewhat surpised, so were the
security experts he told about it during his session.

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