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Re: Where should port rights go?


From: Farid Hajji
Subject: Re: Where should port rights go?
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 03:38:55 +0100

replying to my own message:

> Many ways to implement port rights come to mind. Here are some ideas:
<snip>
generating public-key pairs and making/checking signatures is a lengthy
process that could slow down the Hurd so much that it becomes unusable.
Just think of multiple processes being spawned in quick succession like
when compiling big packages.

Accessing a trusted port-rights server also requires two at least
two context switches, but this could well be much more efficient
than making and checking signatures on every IPC request.

What would you think?

-Farid.

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