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**** Accountability
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Both Ben and Lem contact Alyssa and insist neither of them made those
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edits to the document.
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Couldn't they please get access again to write to the file?
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That evening, Alyssa thinks about it and decides that yes, she could,
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if next time she could hold whoever did it accountable so she could
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prevent the problem from happening again and know who violated her
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trust.
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Alyssa makes two new capabilities, but these ones are a little bit
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different than before: while both allow writing to the file, this time
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she associates each one with the name of the person she is handing it
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out to.
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Now if Bob writes to the file, it's logged that Bob made this change,
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and if Lem writes to the file, it's logged that Lem made this change.
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Alyssa hands out these new write-capable-but-logging ocaps to Bob and
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Lem and logs off for the evening.
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The next morning, the file is defaced again.
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But the logger picks it up: Lem made all these changes!
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Alyssa revokes the capability she gave to Lem and gives him a call
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on the phone.
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Lem swears, he really didn't make these changes!
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Alyssa shows him her proof, and Lem thinks about it.
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Well... Lem is really sure that he didn't make those changes, but
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he knows that Mallet wanted access to the file.
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It could be that Mallet asked him for it when they went out
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drinking and Lem was intoxicated... or it could be that Mallet used
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that opportunity to insert a backdoor into his device.
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Lem really isn't sure, but insists that /he/ is not the one that did
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it.
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Alyssa trusts Lem enough as a person (but not as a person who
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practices good security hygeine), and distrusts Mallet enough, that
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she finds this story plausible.
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Still she considers with satisfaction that placing the blame "on the
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capability she gave to Lem", whether or not it was Lem that did it,
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was what she really needed to get to the bottom of the situation.
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"For now, you can email me suggestions," Alyssa tells Lem.
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"But the next time you want to collaborate on a document, make sure
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you're more careful with your authority.
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And if you're not sure whether Mallet might have a backdoor in your
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system or not, maybe it's time to do a thorough exorcism of your
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computer."
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Lem apologizes and agrees... he plans to try to audit his computer
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tonight.
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**** Composition
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# add backup of file example; alice's composed capability should
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