[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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