Messages in this thread |  | | | From | "Michael K. Johnson" <> | | Subject | Re: suidpid( UID, credential? ) ? secure IPC? | | Date | Tue, 07 Oct 1997 16:24:32 +0000 |
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Jim Dennis writes: > The more I think about it the more I see why KeyKOS, EROS, > Hydra and other "research" OS' espouse "capabilities." > I just wonder how a "capabilities" subsystem could be > implemented in Linux -- with some hope of applications > transparency.
So why not join the linux-privs list that has been announced several times on this list? (Ted started the list; he's not unaware of capabilities... :-) They are working on an implementation of POSIX.1e capabilities for Linux.
See http://parc.power.net/morgan/Orange-Linux/linux-privs/sampler/index.html for more information.
michaelkjohnson
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