Swiss base

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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]]	+
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-	[[Category:Pluribus]]	+

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Swiss base is an password capability.

That is, an long ungussable bitstring that is mapped to an capability by the recieving vat.