[Pipet Devel] Security model

[J.W. Bizzaro]

jarl van katwijk wrote:
> 
> > > > 1d- DL's can connect to multiple BL's.
> >
> > By means of the DL layer again?  Or directly?
> 
> Directly.

But if DL's connect directly to BL's, then how is authentication done?  I
thought the root DL handled that.  Do you really mean directly, or do you mean
through the root DL?

> > I don't get it.  If the root DL is the first to connect, how can another DL
> > connect?  Nothing can connect to the root DL.
> 
> OK, but the root DL is the only DL that can grant other DL's access.
> This 'root' will practically be most of the time invisible to the user.
> So it must open up the BL for at least one other DL
> for VSH to be usable :)

Should that then be reworded as 'nothing can connect AS the root DL'?

Jeff
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