Re: Part 2: System Structure

[Marcus Brinkmann]

At Mon, 22 May 2006 10:33:13 -0400,
"Jonathan S. Shapiro" <address@hidden> wrote:
> Unfortunately, in removing the constructor, Hurd-NG lost authentication
> (at least in the current form) and with it any means to perform this
> type of test.

The "current" form in the Hurd is the "identify" (by branding)
mechanism that I described.  This is easily supported.

> Note that authenticating implementations is important for certain kinds
> of integrity dependencies -- not just for this purpose.

The current form in the Hurd has so far been wholly sufficient.

Thanks,
Marcus