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@@ -20,27 +20,3 @@ microkernels impose less policy than on Unix.  A process is not
 policy free as it is possible to use other mechanisms to
 encapsulate a program instance, e.g., [[SFI]] and tainting
 ala [[Asbestos]].
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-
-The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
-defines a mechanism as:
-
-> The series of causal relations that operate to produce an
-> effect in any system; as, the mechanism of a chemical
-> reaction.
-
-This is, a mechanism is a function that produces some result.
-As mechanisms determine the type of result, they necessarily
-impose some [[policy]] (rules).  Mechanisms that are referred
-to as policy-free are those that minimally impose policy.
-
-A process can be used to encapsulate a program instance.  On Unix,
-a process is associated with a UID.  This UID, in part, determines
-what the process is authorized to do.  On a [[microkernel]],
-the policy that controls what resources a process may access
-are realized separately.  This may achieved through the use of
-UIDs, however need not.  Thus, the processes mechanism on such
-microkernels impose less policy than on Unix.  A process is not
-policy free as it is possible to use other mechanisms to
-encapsulate a program instance, e.g., [[SFI]] and tainting
-ala [[Asbestos]].
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