linux's capabilities, not linux's kernels

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Christopher Lemmer Webber 2019-07-27 08:16:55 -04:00
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@ -888,9 +888,9 @@ in fact, very similar to how we program every day.
Third, "object capabilities" used to be just called "capabilities",
but other computing systems started to implement things which they
called "capabilities" which have nothing to do with the original
definition of "capabilities" (eg, Linux's kernels are closer to ACLs
than they are ocaps), so the name "object capability" was chosen to
distinguish between the two.
definition of "capabilities" (eg, Linux's "capabilities" are closer
to ACLs than they are ocaps), so the name "object capability" was
chosen to distinguish between the two.
** Ocaps meet social relationships (or: just in time authority)