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I really like capability systems, but 'capability' is a terrible name.I…
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@david_chisnall I rather liked the "system crash capability" on the C…
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@TimWardCam Was there a specific error code for the system crashing as a result…
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@david_chisnall Sorry, I just knew about the system crash capability from tearo…
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@TimWardCam It reminds me of my favourite system call (from BeOS):int is_comput…
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@david_chisnall I haven't seen the word mentioned yet but "right"…
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@david_chisnall @TimWardCam did it, though? Surely its return value was undefin…
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@cross @TimWardCam You're right, I misremembered:Returns 1 if the computer …
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@dascandy Right isn't correct because that's an ambient thing you have,…
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@david_chisnall you need to have a right to be able to exercise it, and "a…
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@david_chisnall affordance/token-of-affordance?
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@kryptiskt That's an interesting one. You do present permits when you do s…
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@david_chisnall Kerberos calls them Tickets. When you log into a Windows AD dom…
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@cliffordheath Ticket is a nice word. You might have a train ticket and an adm…
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@david_chisnall "Token", maybe? Or is that already in use for someth…
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@unchartedworlds Token is used for a lot of things, unfortunately. And anythin…
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@TimWardCam @david_chisnall Crash reason: No CAP
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@david_chisnall what about "handle”?the archetypical example of capabili…
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@david_chisnall It makes me think of the word "licence" (or "lic…
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@david_chisnall @cliffordheath yeah, I thought of "ticket" as well...…
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@david_chisnall Permission? You can be granted one, and you can do something wi…
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@david_chisnall @TimWardCam ha! (My joke is less funny now, though. :-))
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@kaveman @david_chisnall I was going to suggest affordance or allowance so +1 t…
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@briankung @kaveman I don't think affordance captures the meaning. You don…
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@lw Handles don't always have the same properties as capabilities. They&#3…
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@VZ Permissions tend to be ambient (and capabilities carry permissions). A pro…
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@david_chisnall totem? as in magic totem that you need for the game
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@david_chisnall @kryptiskt related to permit: voucher, coupon, chit, stamp
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@gray17 @kryptiskt Ooo, I like chit. All of the existing acronyms would work!
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@cliffordheath @david_chisnall more importantly, when you login to an AD domain…
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@hyc @cliffordheath Privileges and capabilities are very different concepts.
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@david_chisnall @cliffordheath not based on the description in your original po…
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@hyc @cliffordheath A permission is not someting that you present. A capabilit…
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@david_chisnall @cliffordheath I did not use the word "permission". I…
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@david_chisnall @cliffordheath But yes, the notion of delegating rights certain…
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@hyc @cliffordheath Yes, Kerberos is quite close to being a capability system, …
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@david_chisnall Capacity? ('ability or authority to hold')Though often …
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@dascandy @david_chisnall Simply go with "authorizer" directly maybe?
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@david_chisnall I like “badge”. A badge is a thing you have and present to …
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@david_chisnall @briankung right, affordance is more on the object than on the …
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@david_chisnall Working off your preference for 'chit', would it make s…
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@hyc @cliffordheath A thing that you enable and then implicitly use, and a thin…
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@david_chisnall Yes, a more exact term world be something like "permission…
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@david_chisnall @dascandy I was also thinking attestation but yes, ticket fits …
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@david_chisnall @cliffordheath "ticket" could also work with "st…
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@david_chisnall Yep, agreed. The concept is great, the name does not do it just…
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@0xabad1dea @david_chisnall a "warrant" ?
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@david_chisnall "Permit A38" or, much nicer in German, "Passiers…
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@david_chisnall As someone who has had to explain the term many times, I wholeh…
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@dch @david_chisnall @cliffordheath oh hey, what about "coupon"? Only…
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@david_chisnall in esperanto the word "rajtigilo" comes to mind (lite…
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@tbodt Now I'm sad that allowifyer is not a valid English word.
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@vzaliva I usually end up using key, because the metaphor for 'you can give…
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@david_chisnall Capabilities (non-CHERI) could be cryptographic. Twizzler comes…
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@dch @david_chisnall @hyc passports and certificates are (intended to be) unive…
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