>> On the other hand, if you actually want to protect the _data_, then 
tagging the _name_ is flawed; tag the *DATA* instead.

Would it make sense to label the data (resource) with a list of paths 
(names) that can be used to access it?

Therefore the data would be protected against being accessed via 
alternative arbitrary names. This may be a simple label to maintain and 
(possibly to) enforce, allowing path based confinement to protect a 
resource. This may allow for the benefits of pathname based confinement 
while avoiding some of its problems.

Obviously this would not protect against a pathname pointing to 
arbitrary data…


Just a thought.

Z. Cliffe Schreuders.


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