[e-lang] A PictureBook of Secure Cooperation

[Mark Miller]

Fred Spiessens wrote:
> I reread the slide and I see now that you mean what you said: the 
> revoker does not provide any "actual" file authority. I disagree: 
> revocation-authority should still be considered actual authority over 
> the file, as it can not only influence who can access the file but 
> indirectly also the content of the file.

A very interesting, and somewhat counter-intuitive, consequence of our 
definition of authority. I think this shows a strength of our definition 
rather than a weakness -- the counter-intuitive issue highlighted here is a 
real issue, which is otherwise easily missed.

However, it also makes me itch for some new distinction intermediate between 
permission and authority, in order to enable MarcS to say clearly and 
precisely what he was originally trying to say.

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     Cheers,
     --MarkM