On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 23:14 +0200, Espen Skoglund wrote: > [Jonathan S Shapiro] > > In the absence of any authority to fabricate new capabilities, the > > following chain of mappings is now in effect after the exchange: > > > RevCopy RevCopy > > A ----------> CapServer -----------> B > > > If process A now exits, all of its capabilities are revoked. In > > consequence the Cap held by CapServer is revoked. In consequence the > > Cap held by B is revoked. > > > Can somebody explain what authority or feature in the system design > > gives the CapServer sufficient power that it can create a capability > > that does not depend on A's continued existence? > > If CapServer can identify that it posesses an identical capability it > can map this capability to B.
How does CapServer obtain this capability if it is not the original creator of the object? _______________________________________________ L4-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/l4-hurd
