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An unforgeable reference carrying authority to perform specified operations on an object. In seL4, the operating-system kernel stores security capabilities in protected slots; an integer naming a slot is not itself freely forgeable authority. Guessing another operating-system process's slot number does not give access to its security capability. ^[ref]

A microkernel using security capabilities to control access to operating-system kernel objects, including IPC endpoints and software threads. An IPC endpoint connects cooperating user-space services; its security capabilities are distinct from the service-defined handle 9 in the microkernel file-read example. ^[ref]