Question

One feature of a capability-based protection system is the ability of one process to transfer a copy of a capability to another process. Describe a situation in which one process should be able to transfer a capability to another.

Answer 1

Answer: Example 1; For someone to open AXA insurance company's work bench portal as a staff, you can only do so if you are using a computer configured to do so. The same is applicable to most companies. This is because the portal is restricted and some capability security has to be reached before files can be transferred to the computer as a staff. The system will look out for those capability based protection which has been installed in it to match the ones in the other system before it can transfer files.

Example 2; For you to play an Android game or use any Android application, you must be using an Android version of operating system. The same is applicable to every other operating system. This is because, the capability security in the device operating system and the one in the application must match, so as to keep data transfer secure and safe .

Explanation: capability based protection system is the security system where the concept of design computing systems where a remarkable token is generated. This token represents the access a computing system has to share data. Which helps to minimize the risk of a successful cyber attack.