From c4f7643b999c1266f20ca1ec747d42027c44855f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jean-Paul Calderone Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 07:25:25 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] introduce "swiss number" and clarify text a bit --- docs/specifications/url.rst | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/specifications/url.rst b/docs/specifications/url.rst index 05807a858..16bf79d9f 100644 --- a/docs/specifications/url.rst +++ b/docs/specifications/url.rst @@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ This serves as the process by which the client authenticates the server. The client can then exercise further Foolscap functionality using the fURL's object identifier. If the object identifier is an unguessable, secret string then it serves as a capability. -This serves as the process by which the server authorizes the client. +This unguessable identifier is sometimes called a `swiss number`_ (or swissnum). +The client's use of the swissnum is what allows the server to authorize the client. + +.. _`swiss number`: http://wiki.erights.org/wiki/Swiss_number NURLs -----