[cap-talk] Scope/span of capability systems

[Karp, Alan H]

Ben Kloosterman wrote:

> Can a capability system handle an SOA stack and can we modify SOA for secure
> capabilities ? If you can tie into SOA other systems can work with the Cap
> OS solving a major hurdle. A new protocol will never fly.
>
We built a SOA application that uses SAML authorization assertions as capabilities with no changes needed to the SOA standards.  See http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2007/HPL-2007-105.html.  

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