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Kevin Reid — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:02:30 GMT

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A ''Swiss base'' is the [[unguessable number]] which hashes to the [[Swiss number]] of some object. It constitutes the authority to claim to be a particular object (as seen by other vats).

That is, the [[IdentityMgr]] requires the Swiss base in order to make a registration, so that merely knowing the Swiss number of an object in the local vat is not sufficient to claim to be that object.

=See also=

* [[Swiss number]]
* [[Swiss hash]]

[[Category:Pluribus]]

Zarutian: hidden change: Swiss bases == password capabilities?

Zarutian — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:19:12 GMT

hidden change: Swiss bases == password capabilities?

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-	A ''Swiss base'' is the [[unguessable number]] which hashes to the [[Swiss number]] of some object. It constitutes the authority to claim to be a particular object (as seen by other vats).	+	A ''Swiss base'' is the [[unguessable number]] which hashes to the [[Swiss number]] of some object. It constitutes the authority to claim to be a particular object (as seen by other vats). <!-- Isnt that what password capabilities do? --~~~~ -->

	That is, the [[IdentityMgr]] requires the Swiss base in order to make a registration, so that merely knowing the Swiss number of an object in the local vat is not sufficient to claim to be that object.		That is, the [[IdentityMgr]] requires the Swiss base in order to make a registration, so that merely knowing the Swiss number of an object in the local vat is not sufficient to claim to be that object.

Kevin Reid: corrected and expanded definition, categories

Kevin Reid — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:37:51 GMT

corrected and expanded definition, categories

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-	Swiss base is ~~an password capability~~.	+	A ''Swiss base'' is the [[unguessable number]] which hashes to the [[Swiss number]] of some object. It constitutes the authority to claim to be a particular object (as seen by other vats).

-	That is, ~~an long ungussable bitstring that is mapped~~ to an ~~capability by~~ the ~~recieving~~ vat.	+	That is, the [[IdentityMgr]] requires the Swiss base in order to make a registration, so that merely knowing the Swiss number of an object in the local vat is not sufficient to claim to be that object.
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		+	=See also=
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		+	* [[Swiss number]]
		+	* [[Swiss hash]]
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		+	[[Category:Pluribus]]

Zarutian: made an small stump

Zarutian — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:32:52 GMT

made an small stump

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-	~~A ''~~Swiss base'' is ~~the [[unguessable number]] which hashes to the [[Swiss number]] of some object. It constitutes the authority to claim to be a particular object (as seen by other vats)~~.	+	Swiss base is an password capability.

-	That is, ~~the [[IdentityMgr]] requires the Swiss base in order~~ to ~~make a registration, so that merely knowing the Swiss number of~~ an ~~object in~~ the ~~local~~ vat ~~is not sufficient to claim to be that object~~.	+	That is, an long ungussable bitstring that is mapped to an capability by the recieving vat.
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-	~~=See also=~~	+
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-	* [[Swiss number]]	+
-	* [[Swiss hash]]	+
-		+
-	~~[[Category:Pluribus]]~~	+