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Clarify that groupinfos are also subject to access control. Fixes #209
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ekr committed Nov 7, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -828,7 +828,10 @@ With both mechanisms, changes to the membership are initiated from inside the
group. When members perform changes directly, this is clearly the case.
External joins are authorized indirectly, in the sense that a member publishing
a GroupInfo object authorizes anyone to join who has access to the GroupInfo
object. Both types of joins are done via a Commit message, which could be
object, subject to whatever access control policies the application applies
for external joins.

Both types of joins are done via a Commit message, which could be
blocked by the DS or rejected by clients if the join is not authorized. The
former approach requires that Commits be visible to the DS; the latter approach
requires that clients all share a consistent policy. In the unfortunate event
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