[cap-talk] "Ambient capability"

[David-Sarah Hopwood]

Rob Meijer wrote:
> On Fri, July 10, 2009 12:13, Matej Kosik wrote:
>> Kevin Reid wrote:
>>> Someone just wrote this page on the erights.org wiki:
>>>
>>>    http://wiki.erights.org/wiki/Ambient_capability
>>>
>>> I've never seen this term before [...]
>>
>> What are some concrete examples of `ambient capabilities'?
> 
> I'm not sure if it matches the article, but POSIX capabilities are ambient
> and are called capabilities, so IMO POSIX capabilities would be a concrete
> example of ambient capabilities.

-100. We should avoid propogating that misusage beyond the exact
set-phrase "POSIX capability".

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