Talk:Swiss base
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Sort of. A [[Swiss number]] (or, completely, a [[SturdyRef]], which consists essentially of a [[VatID]] and a Swiss number) is the E version of a password capability. Whether a Swiss base is a password capability — I think so, but I don't know what we're calling password capabilities these days. Ask [[cap-talk]] if you want a thorough answer. --[[User:Kevin Reid|Kevin Reid]] 07:09, 4 February 2008 (CST) | Sort of. A [[Swiss number]] (or, completely, a [[SturdyRef]], which consists essentially of a [[VatID]] and a Swiss number) is the E version of a password capability. Whether a Swiss base is a password capability — I think so, but I don't know what we're calling password capabilities these days. Ask [[cap-talk]] if you want a thorough answer. --[[User:Kevin Reid|Kevin Reid]] 07:09, 4 February 2008 (CST) | ||
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+ | Password capabilities in the sense of "knowledge is power". | ||
+ | That is knowing an certain long bitstring and passing that to somesort of | ||
+ | password-cap real-cap mapper. (An global namespace for refering capabilities by name) | ||
+ | --[[User:Zarutian|Zarutian]] 21:17, 5 February 2008 (CST) |
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Isnt that what password capabilities do? --User:Zarutian
Sort of. A Swiss number (or, completely, a SturdyRef, which consists essentially of a VatID and a Swiss number) is the E version of a password capability. Whether a Swiss base is a password capability — I think so, but I don't know what we're calling password capabilities these days. Ask cap-talk if you want a thorough answer. --Kevin Reid 07:09, 4 February 2008 (CST)
Password capabilities in the sense of "knowledge is power".
That is knowing an certain long bitstring and passing that to somesort of
password-cap real-cap mapper. (An global namespace for refering capabilities by name)
--Zarutian 21:17, 5 February 2008 (CST)