http://wiki.erights.org/mediawiki/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Powerbox 2026-04-20T23:24:04Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.15.5-7 http://wiki.erights.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Powerbox&diff=1646&oldid=prev 2008-08-25T22:41:03Z

<p>more powerbox citations</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A powerbox is a component which mediates between the user and a program, interpreting the user's instructions to grant authorities to the program, and allowing the program to request authorities to be granted. It goes beyond a [[capability shell]] in that the program may request additional authorities after its initialization, via the powerbox.<br /> <br /> [[CapDesk]] was the first program to contain a powerbox referred to as such.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> * [http://wiki.erights.org/wiki/Walnut/Secure_Distributed_Computing#Powerbox_Capability_Manager E in a Walnut on powerboxes]<br /> * [http://www.eros-os.org/pipermail/cap-talk/2007-July/008571.html cap-talk thread: &quot;What *is* a powerbox?&quot;]<br /> * [http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2006/HPL-2006-116.html How Emily Tamed the Caml]<br /> <br /> === Powerboxes for graphical user interfaces ===<br /> <br /> * [http://combex.com/papers/darpa-report/ Final report on the DarpaBrowser project]<br /> * [http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~ping/sid/ Secure Interaction Design]</div>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: white; color:black;"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr valign='top'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black;">Revision as of 02:11, 8 March 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://wiki.erights.org/wiki/Walnut/Secure_Distributed_Computing#Powerbox_Capability_Manager E in a Walnut on powerboxes]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://wiki.erights.org/wiki/Walnut/Secure_Distributed_Computing#Powerbox_Capability_Manager E in a Walnut on powerboxes]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://www.eros-os.org/pipermail/cap-talk/2007-July/008571.html cap-talk thread: &quot;What *is* a powerbox?&quot;]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>* [http://www.eros-os.org/pipermail/cap-talk/2007-July/008571.html cap-talk thread: &quot;What *is* a powerbox?&quot;]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/2006/HPL-2006-116.html How Emily Tamed the Caml]</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">=== Powerboxes for graphical user interfaces ===</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [http://combex.com/papers/darpa-report/ Final report on the DarpaBrowser project]</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">* [http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~ping/sid/ Secure Interaction Design]</del></div></td><td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td></tr> <!-- diff generator: internal 2026-04-20 23:24:04 --> </table>

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