[cap-talk] what is designation

[David-Sarah Hopwood]

Ben Laurie wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:13 AM, John Carlson
> <john.carlson3 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Can someone explain what designation is when it comes to
>> capabilities?  I think it's the act of giving authority.
> 
> Designation is the user selecting something, for example, a file in a
> file open dialog, or dropping some drag'n'drop thing, or pasting.

From the point of view of an access control system, it is subjects that
designate, only sometimes on behalf of a single specific user.

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David-Sarah Hopwood ⚥