[cap-talk] Abstractions that subsume capabilities (was: Re: What sparked interest in capabilities)

[Karp, Alan H]

Rob Meijer wrote:
>
> With 'statefull' RBAC, the identity can switch roles
> according to a state
> machine definition, and the current state (role) determines
> the 'active'
> access controls for that identity.
>
There are even systems that let you be in more than one role at a time.

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