[cap-talk] Whether principals' authority can increase

[Jed Donnelley]

At 06:08 PM 9/24/2008, Karp, Alan H wrote:
>...any system that lets you delegate a permission you don't have is broken.

Very concisely stated.  I would add, from the capability philosophy:

Any system that doesn't let you delegate a permission you do have 
where you can communicate bidirectionally is 'broken' 
(inappropriately and ineffectively restrictive).

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