Re: io_identity?

Roland McGrath <[email protected]> Sun, 12 Oct 2003 13:56:40 -0400 (EDT)
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It's really been a very long time since we were thinking hard about this.
Security was the reason I recall.  You at least can't fake the id of a node
you can't look up.  I agree that's not much of a guarantee to be worthwhile.
I have the sense I am forgetting something about the issue.