[sudo-users] fwd: sudo, privilege separation and a Microsoft patent

[Paul Cui]

below is the actual message from misc at openbsd.

From: "Marc Balmer" <marc at msys.ch>
> Hi!
>
> Microsoft has been granted a patent on something that looks to me like
> sudo or privilege separation.  Can someone with more legalese background
> comment on this is, especially if privilege separation would fall under
> the patent?
>
> Here is the URL:
>
>
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,775,781.WKU.&OS=PN/6,775,781&RS=PN/6,775,781
>
> Marc
>