[tahoe-dev] [tahoe-lafs] #995: It's way too easy to give away write directory caps

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#995: It's way too easy to give away write directory caps
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 Reporter:  jsgf                           |           Owner:  nobody   
     Type:  defect                         |          Status:  new      
 Priority:  major                          |       Milestone:  undecided
Component:  unknown                        |         Version:  1.6.0    
 Keywords:  wui usability confidentiality  |   Launchpad_bug:           
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Comment(by jsgf):

 Replying to [comment:3 jack.lloyd]:
 > Alternatively, only show the RO/immutable cap by default, requiring the
 user to do something special to see the RW cap at all. Unclear how badly
 this will break standard user use flow.

 That's not a bad idea, but I'm not sure how it would work.  Given that you
 can't derive a write cap from a read cap (one hopes!), the UI would
 somehow need to carry along all the write caps under the covers so it can
 provide them if necessary.

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Ticket URL: <http://allmydata.org/trac/tahoe/ticket/995#comment:4>
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