Re: xeta security model, and hello

Thanks for the reply, sorry for the delay.

On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 12:00:43AM +0100, Frantz Dhin wrote:
> Just to clear up a little misunderstanding, the URL you forward here
> contains a description of the task I gave to James Harlow. We are still
> waiting in awe to see what he comes up with. :)

No problem.  I look forward to it too.

> Now, if I understand your comment right, you are proposing a scheme that is
> dependent on data, the build recipes that we call XBuilds, being stored in a
> certain fixed form. An architectural goal for Xeta has been that these data
> should be able to reside anywhere and possibly in a multitude of formats. As
> such, we do not demand that data is stored in a single monolithic tree of
> files like portage does. We don't even demand that an XBuild is a file.
> Calculating message digests then suddenly becomes hard. Not impossible, but
> hard. 

Looks like I need to read up on XBuilds when I find the time.
The flexibility sounds interesting, and maybe for embedded systems it
is needed, I just can't think of compelling reasons yet. :-)

Thanks,
- Chris