Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of GeniApiIdentifiers


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Timestamp:
04/19/12 11:52:10 (12 years ago)
Author:
Aaron Helsinger
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  • GeniApiIdentifiers

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    7676For example, a ProtoGENI Clearinghouse with URN like protogeni.utah.... cannot issue a slice credential giving a user privileges on a PlanetLab slice (with urn plc.princeton....). Only PlanetLab can grant rights over PlanetLab slices.
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     78Essentially, to be a valid authority for a namespace, the authority name must be a prefix of the names in its namespace. EG: `a\.b` is an authority for, `a\.b.c.d`, but `a` is not an authority for, `a\.b.c.d` (the subject's name starts with `a.b`, where we've escaped the `.`). Also any authority name is an authority for itself.
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    7980=== Type ===