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diff --git a/Hurd/PowerBox.mdwn b/Hurd/PowerBox.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 412d16d3..00000000 --- a/Hurd/PowerBox.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,19 +0,0 @@ -# <a name="The_Powerbox"> The Powerbox </a> - -## <a name="Rationale"> Rationale </a> - -In a [[CapabilityBasedMicrokernel]], an application might be used with the very minimal set of capabilities that is needed to execute it, that is read-only access to it's libraries and files, plus maybe access to a specific IP connection or configuration directory. - -Thus when the user asks to open or save a file, the dialog used to choose the file could also serve the purpose of granting the appropriate capabilities to the application. - -This dialog is named the powerbox. - -## <a name="Links"> Links </a> - -* [Plash powerbox](http://plash.beasts.org/powerbox.html) -* [E and Cap Desk](http://www.combex.com/tech/edesk.html) -* [Polaris: Toward Virus Safe Computing for Windows XP](http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Alan_Karp/polaris.pdf) -* [The E Language in a Walnut](http://www.skyhunter.com/marcs/ewalnut.html#SEC45) - search for "Powerbox Capability Manager" -* [The Darpa Browser](http://www.combex.com/papers/darpa-report/html/index.html) - see Appendix 5 - --- [[Main/NowhereMan]] - 28 Apr 2006 |