[cme@cybercash.com: Re: Delegate]

[rivest@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Ron Rivest)]

Sorry, I meant "keys" (the name owner can bind it to many different _keys_.)

Thanks, Carl...

	Cheers,
	Ron
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From: Carl Ellison <cme@cybercash.com>
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At 09:47 PM 12/17/96 EST, Ron Rivest wrote:
>
>I like the idea of a "may-delegate" or "final" bit.  I don't see much use
>for the integer version of this.  I think a case should be made for integers
>over bits if one is to adopt integers.   Simpler is better, usually.
>
>This seems to work well when the recipient is a key.  When the recipient is
>a (e.g. SDSI) name, then the constraint seems to be either overkill (the name
>can't even be bound to a key) or underkill (the name owner can bind it to
>many different names).  

Ron,

	did you mean "names" or "keys" as your last word above?  If "names", then
I don't understand the sentence.

 - Carl


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