[Python-Dev] new security doc using object-capabilities

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Wed Jul 26 08:13:16 CEST 2006


> Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> 
> > And what about code that needs to pass on a subset of a capability?

With one object == one capability, there is no such
thing as a subset of a capability -- the capabilities
are the atomic units at which you control access. So
you need to make them fine-grained enough to begin
with.

--
Greg


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