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Re: Policies with No Subject

From: System
To: [email protected]
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 18:43:00 -0000

> Funny you should mention that. I just noticed that RFC 2828 considers > "privilege", "authorization" and "permission" to essentially be synonyms, > which is consistent with my usage. oh, yuck. :) My dictionary says: privileges -- what you carry around with you authorization -- what you need to do something permission -- being authorized. The system will look at the privileges you have, to determine if you are authorized to perform an activity, and will grant or deny permission accordingly. Take the word "dictionary" loosely.... /r$ -- Zolera Systems, Securing web services (XML, SOAP, Signatures, Encryption) http://www.zolera.com