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The Confused Deputy (or why capabilities might have been invented)
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article Free Access Share on The Confused Deputy: (or why capabilities might have been invented) Author: Norm Hardy Key Logic, Santa Clara, CA Key Logic, Santa Clara, CAView Profile Authors Info & Claims ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems ReviewVolume 22Issue 4Oct. 1988 pp 36–38https://doi.org/10.1145/54289.871709Published:01 October 1988Publication History 209citation1,914DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations209Total Downloads1,914Last 12 Months242Last 6 weeks61 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF
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@article{hardy1988confused,
title = {The Confused Deputy (or why capabilities might have been invented)},
author = {Norm Hardy},
year = {1988},
journal = {ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review},
publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
volume = {22},
number = {4},
pages = {36--38},
doi = {10.1145/54289.871709},
}