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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]]

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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