[cap-talk] Petnames versus E-order with ocaps
Sandro Magi
naasking at higherlogics.com
Wed Jan 28 20:27:00 EST 2009
David Wagner wrote:
> That sounds on the surface like it may have lousy usability properties.
> Or perhaps what I mean to say is this. Petnames exist for the purpose of
> helping humans to use the system safely, so any consideration of whether
> these two differences should have the same petname or not ought to take
> into account human factors.
The human factors don't sound bad from the discussion so far. The new
reference is basically "unresolved" until the handshake completes, after
which it resolves to a known petname.
Sandro
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