[cap-talk] Concrete comparable use cases

[Karp, Alan H]

Pierre THIERRY wrote:
>
> Has there been any published comparisons of the merits of ACL and cap
> systems in the context of identical use cases, or assessments of the
> costs and gains of use cases of cap systems that are impossible in ACL
> systems?
>
http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2007/HPL-2007-105.html covers a specific use case involving service composition.  It's not ocaps, but we're using SAML assertions as capabilities.  (Don't tell the guys at the Navy.  I haven't used the c-word with them.)

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