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Re: Comments on SPKI draft of 25 March 1997

To: rivest@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Ron Rivest)
Subject: Re: Comments on SPKI draft of 25 March 1997
From: Carl Ellison <cme@cybercash.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 10:38:24 -0500
Cc: spki@c2.net, John_Reinke@pcmailgw.ml.com, blampson@microsoft.com
In-Reply-To: <199703311454.AA22938@swan.lcs.mit.edu>
Sender: owner-spki@c2.net

At 09:54 AM 3/31/97 EST, Ron Rivest wrote:
>
>Isn't this just asking for the binary 0/1 "may-delegate" field?  The
>certificate in any case just delegates authority to make transactions,
>and the may-delegate = 1 authorizes further delegation.  So I think we
>cover your cases, without needing integer values larger than 1 for the
>may-delegate field.  

Ron,

	I think he's asking for a full integer.

	I might N rights:
0) to log in on cybercash.com
1) to both log in and delegate to you the right to log in, but not to 
delegate it further
2) to both log in and delegate to you the right to log in and to delegate it 
further, but not to delegate the right to delegate

etc.


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Comments on SPKI draft of 25 March 1997

From: rivest@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Ron Rivest)

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