[anonsec] BYPASS OR PROTECT

[Nicolas Williams]

On Wed, Apr 04, 2007 at 01:09:51PM -0400, Michael Richardson wrote:
> >>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen Kent <kent at bbn.com> writes:
>     Stephen> I'm not quite sure what you mean above. The ordering of the
>     Stephen> PAD and SPD allows one to have overlapping entries, but
>     Stephen> those were entries that all had the same precedence, and
>     Stephen> which offer a binary choice. The notion of PROTECT IF
>     Stephen> REQUESTED/POSSIBLE is a new concept with different
>     Stephen> semantics and that's why I believe we have to be more
>     Stephen> sophisticated in how we add this feature to the PAD and
>     Stephen> SPD.
> 
>   Can you give me an example of an ordered PAD that would still be
> ambiguous?
>   Your word "precedence" is funny to me, since the entries don't have
> the same precedence if they are ordered.

I too wondered about the "but those were entries that all had the same
precedence" bit -- these are ordered lists, so no two rules can have the
"sam precedence."