Sturdy refs

[Alan Karp]

In the discussion of sturdy refs at the last friam, I noted that Client Utility used a credential instead.  Terry said that the credential was just a sturdy ref connected with an object, in this case a clist.  That's not quite right, since the same credential could be used to connect to different clists on different vats.

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Alan Karp

[Mark S. Miller]

I don't get it. What does such a reusable credential say?

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  Cheers,
  --MarkM

[Alan Karp]

On Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 2:29 PM Mark S. Miller <eri...@gmail.com> wrote:

I don't get it. What does such a reusable credential say?

It's anything the vat receiving the credential decides to accept.  It could be a nonce, as in the case of a Client Utility introduction, in which case it connects the presenter with a specific clist on a specific vat.  It  could be an authentication that is accepted at many vats for many different clists.

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Alan Karp