[cap-talk] A paper on web-keys - discretionary control

[Mark Miller]

On Jan 18, 2008 2:24 PM, Jed Donnelley <jed at nersc.gov> wrote:
> However, let me mention that in today's market
> leading systems (Unix, Windows), most (nearly
> all?) management of access control is already
> discretionary - already exercised by end users.
> While it's true that in systems like unix the
> means to manage groups is not available to
> end users (gag!), still end users have ultimate
> discretionary control over delegation (e.g.
> world R/W/X).

I should set up a bot to search for "discretionary" and "mandatory"
and post in response:

"What do you mean by 'discretionary'?".

Even better, could you rephrase without using this term so I have some
hope of understanding what you mean? Thanks.

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    --MarkM