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Jonathan S. Shapiro
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Valerio Bellizzomi
25
2:09 AM
Early reactions to Rust
As I said earlier privately to Shap, the Cloud-Hypervisor is a project written in Rust, the project
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Early reactions to Rust
As I said earlier privately to Shap, the Cloud-Hypervisor is a project written in Rust, the project
2:09 AM
Jonathan S. Shapiro
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Kevin Reid
4
12:11 AM
More thoughts on Rust: enums, confined proc-macros, SES for Rust
On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM Jonathan S. Shapiro <jonathan....@gmail.com> wrote: Proc-
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More thoughts on Rust: enums, confined proc-macros, SES for Rust
On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM Jonathan S. Shapiro <jonathan....@gmail.com> wrote: Proc-
12:11 AM
Rob Meijer
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Raoul Duke
7
Jan 6
Model purity escape hatch as adoption enabler?
For completeness, this is currently the complete list of situations where the "hazardous"
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Model purity escape hatch as adoption enabler?
For completeness, this is currently the complete list of situations where the "hazardous"
Jan 6
Rob Meijer
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John Carlson
12
12/30/25
Sensitive data in constants; language feature dilemma.
If I can't really depend on TPMs to store my private keys, is their only purpose to identify me?
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Sensitive data in constants; language feature dilemma.
If I can't really depend on TPMs to store my private keys, is their only purpose to identify me?
12/30/25
Jonathan S. Shapiro
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Daira-Emma Hopwood
72
12/17/25
Hardware Coyotos variant?
On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM 'Daira-Emma Hopwood' via cap-talk <cap-talk@googlegroups.
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Hardware Coyotos variant?
On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM 'Daira-Emma Hopwood' via cap-talk <cap-talk@googlegroups.
12/17/25
Jonathan S. Shapiro
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Kevin Reid
28
12/16/25
Describing coyotos: processes
On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM Alan Karp <alan...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks for the pointer.
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Describing coyotos: processes
On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM Alan Karp <alan...@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks for the pointer.
12/16/25
William ML Leslie
3
12/14/25
Getting started with jessica
Forwarding to cap-talk at Michael's request. This is all exciting news, thank you Michael. I'
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Getting started with jessica
Forwarding to cap-talk at Michael's request. This is all exciting news, thank you Michael. I'
12/14/25
Jonathan S. Shapiro
12/14/25
Book progress
Writing is proceeding, and two of the open questions that have come up seem to have converged.
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Book progress
Writing is proceeding, and two of the open questions that have come up seem to have converged.
12/14/25
William ML Leslie
12/11/25
Describing the new async model
Well, why not. I thought it might be time to start describing the new objects I've begun
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Describing the new async model
Well, why not. I thought it might be time to start describing the new objects I've begun
12/11/25
Alan Karp
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Raoul Duke
3
12/3/25
UCAN web site is live
maybe old news but looks like they have been involved at ipfs fwiw https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/unconf
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UCAN web site is live
maybe old news but looks like they have been involved at ipfs fwiw https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/unconf
12/3/25
Jonathan S. Shapiro
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Matt Rice
14
12/1/25
Domain name for roll-up site?
On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM Mark S. Miller <eri...@gmail.com> wrote: I think I missed
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Domain name for roll-up site?
On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM Mark S. Miller <eri...@gmail.com> wrote: I think I missed
12/1/25
Raoul Duke
,
Matt Rice
2
11/30/25
confused deputies in github?
On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM Raoul Duke <rao...@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://news.
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confused deputies in github?
On Sun, Nov 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM Raoul Duke <rao...@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://news.
11/30/25
Alan Karp
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Dale Schumacher
13
11/26/25
An interesting capability use case
On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM Jonathan S. Shapiro <jonathan....@gmail.com> wrote: Just
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An interesting capability use case
On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM Jonathan S. Shapiro <jonathan....@gmail.com> wrote: Just
11/26/25
Jonathan S. Shapiro
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Matt Rice
9
11/21/25
Unified capabilities site
On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM Jonathan S. Shapiro <jonathan....@gmail.com> wrote: >
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Unified capabilities site
On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM Jonathan S. Shapiro <jonathan....@gmail.com> wrote: >
11/21/25
Rob Meijer
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Dale Schumacher
6
11/19/25
Idea for a minimal POLA/functional/actor DSL
I'm concerned that the context in which your DSL is meant to operate may be substantially
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Idea for a minimal POLA/functional/actor DSL
I'm concerned that the context in which your DSL is meant to operate may be substantially
11/19/25
Alan Karp
11/14/25
Fwd: article.
Page 15 looks like they don't know they've reinvented certificate capabilities. I expect they
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Fwd: article.
Page 15 looks like they don't know they've reinvented certificate capabilities. I expect they
11/14/25
Jonathan S. Shapiro
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William ML Leslie
32
11/10/25
Proxying vs. Scheduling, Real-time vs. components
On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM William ML Leslie <william.l...@gmail.com> wrote: The
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Proxying vs. Scheduling, Real-time vs. components
On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM William ML Leslie <william.l...@gmail.com> wrote: The
11/10/25
Raoul Duke
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Jonathan S. Shapiro
2
10/31/25
capability to decrypt
After looking at that YC thread I have an unhappy observation: the photo location data argument is a
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capability to decrypt
After looking at that YC thread I have an unhappy observation: the photo location data argument is a
10/31/25
Alan Karp
10/31/25
Info on DigitalBazaar's use of capabilities in production
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/ezcap which is a convenience wrapper on top of https://github.com/
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Info on DigitalBazaar's use of capabilities in production
https://github.com/digitalbazaar/ezcap which is a convenience wrapper on top of https://github.com/
10/31/25
Alan Karp
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Gernot Heiser
45
10/23/25
Capabilities in production systems
On 24 Oct 2025, at 07:46, Jonathan S. Shapiro <jonathan....@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks very
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Capabilities in production systems
On 24 Oct 2025, at 07:46, Jonathan S. Shapiro <jonathan....@gmail.com> wrote: Thanks very
10/23/25
Alan Karp
10/3/25
A nice article on capabilities in the enterprise
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/entitlements-capabilities-mike-schwartz-jvqkc/ -------------- Alan
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A nice article on capabilities in the enterprise
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/entitlements-capabilities-mike-schwartz-jvqkc/ -------------- Alan
10/3/25
Alan Karp
9/26/25
Summary of a talk on CHERI
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1037974/7860e9a3612d70fb/ -------------- Alan Karp
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Summary of a talk on CHERI
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1037974/7860e9a3612d70fb/ -------------- Alan Karp
9/26/25
Christopher Allen
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Alan Karp
11
9/25/25
Invitation: Gordian Clubs - Autonomous Cryptographic Objects inspired by Project Xanadu
On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM Christopher Allen <Christ...@lifewithalacrity.com> wrote:
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Invitation: Gordian Clubs - Autonomous Cryptographic Objects inspired by Project Xanadu
On Thu, Sep 25, 2025 at 9:54 AM Christopher Allen <Christ...@lifewithalacrity.com> wrote:
9/25/25
Alan Karp
,
Mark S. Miller
2
9/24/25
Looks like a capability system
On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM Alan Karp <alan...@gmail.com> wrote: with a do-not-delegate
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Looks like a capability system
On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM Alan Karp <alan...@gmail.com> wrote: with a do-not-delegate
9/24/25
Alan Karp
9/24/25
Is capability thinking becoming common?
The Google Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) uses something called Intent Mandates to limit what your
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Is capability thinking becoming common?
The Google Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) uses something called Intent Mandates to limit what your
9/24/25
Alan Karp
,
David Nicol
3
9/23/25
UCAN specification
It's been UCAN for a long time. I doubt they'll agree to change the name. -------------- Alan
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UCAN specification
It's been UCAN for a long time. I doubt they'll agree to change the name. -------------- Alan
9/23/25
jas...@gmail.com
9/22/25
cap'n web
This might be of interest to folks here (I assume Kenton is on here too though!) https://blog.
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cap'n web
This might be of interest to folks here (I assume Kenton is on here too though!) https://blog.
9/22/25
David Nicol
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Alan Karp
9
9/22/25
using BEP-44 mutable DHT data for revocable privilege grants
I ran into the same situation just last week. I joined a forum that used the same website as a forum
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using BEP-44 mutable DHT data for revocable privilege grants
I ran into the same situation just last week. I joined a forum that used the same website as a forum
9/22/25
Alan Karp
9/18/25
A nice explanation of why to use capabilities
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-parc-arc-policies-without-people-mike-schwartz-hfcnc/ -----------
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A nice explanation of why to use capabilities
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/from-parc-arc-policies-without-people-mike-schwartz-hfcnc/ -----------
9/18/25
Alan Karp
9/2/25
More on TBAC
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mobile-multi-token-challenge-mike-schwartz-nlxtc/ I'm not sure
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More on TBAC
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mobile-multi-token-challenge-mike-schwartz-nlxtc/ I'm not sure
9/2/25
