[cap-talk] Horton vs. ACLs - private namespaces and the Audit Problem

[Jed Donnelley]

On 10/11/2007 11:31 AM, Karp, Alan H wrote:
> Jed wrote:
>> I'm interested to hear more about the Client Utility/e-speak
>> "subscription" mechanism...
...
> A publisher would register with a distributor and receive a capability
> to publish events.

What would induce a publisher to register with a distributor?
Perhaps I should clarify my question by asking what interest
"publisher"s had in doing such publishing.  Given that publishing
was happening, I can see the value of a distributor.  However,
I don't understand the base value to the publisher to begin with.

This topic came up in the context of logged events.  Why would
a service capable of logging do so in a potentially public
forum?  Couldn't such logs be seen more as a possible invasion
of privacy (and thus a negative) than as a potentially useful
service for users?
...
> The event system itself had a novel control mechanism based on split
> capabilities.  I can provide more detail if anyone is interested.

If it might help resolve my concern about "privacy"
issues regarding 'who' is authorized to see logs then
certainly I am interested.

--Jed  http://www.webstart.com/jed/