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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,… | |
Post #AsReWyPqJFZrBBaD7g by [email protected] | |
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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… | |
Post #AsRjxItbHtH3zrsPUO by [email protected] | |
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@david_chisnall Kerberos calls them Tickets. When you log into a Windows AD dom… | |
Post #AsRjxIzyuANWJerVR2 by [email protected] | |
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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… | |
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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… |