From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jim Choate To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Observation about sharing network/grid In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 11:40:59 -0500 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 5fb4ae72-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, andrey mirtchovski wrote: > That transitive closure would work in the non-Plan 9 world. Luckily what > we're designing is better: > > In the 9grid we envision, if somebody is from C they are still considered > as a C client for any/all authentication purpouses even though they may > be coming from B, or from [AD-Z] for that matter. So filtering C > /lib/ndb/auth-style is still going to work, with or without trusting B. How would you know? Are you going to require that B authenticate all its exports through A? That's going to require a fully connected network between all nodes. Slow and tedious. Look into 'small networks'. So you're going to prevent anyone from acting as a proxy? Won't work, there are many sites that will require some degree of anonymity. > some of us have spent quite a bit of time thinking about it. What a snide and insulting response. Keep thinking. -- -- God exists because mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exist because we can't prove it. Andre Weil, in H. Eves, Mathematical Circles Adieu ravage@ssz.com jchoate@open-forge.com www.ssz.com www.open-forge.com