docs(sandbox): align capability SID terminology

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Tianyi Cui
2026-08-10 17:58:00 +08:00
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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Implement the rung directly on the raw ACL mechanism: duplicate the caller's tok
## How the restriction works (why no new identity)
The identity routes restrict by *who* runs the child; this rung restricts by *token derivation*. An identity route (landstrip's restricted-user, AppContainer) runs the child under a fresh account or container SID that starts with zero ACEs on the host's files — everything, reads included, defaults to denied, and every path the child may touch must then be opened back up by writing ACEs for that identity: the wholesale DACL mutation that disqualified both alternatives. The restricted token keeps the caller's own SID and logon session: [`CreateRestrictedToken`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/securitybaseapi/nf-securitybaseapi-createrestrictedtoken) derives a token that adds the restricting SIDs and the `WRITE_RESTRICTED` flag, so Windows performs the access check twice — once against the normal SIDs, once against the restricting SIDs — and grants write-class access only where both checks pass. Reads pass on the normal check alone (the caller's SIDs already carry read access everywhere the caller can read), which is why this rung needs no read grants and no new account; writes must additionally clear the orphan-SID check, which only the workspace and temp ACEs satisfy. `DISABLE_MAX_PRIVILEGE | LUA_TOKEN` synthesize the limited-user effect of a fresh account token-side, so even an elevated caller derives a filtered token. The same primitive could restrict reads (`SidsToDisable` turning SIDs deny-only), but a read-restricted token would need per-path read grants — reintroducing exactly the cost the identity routes pay — and the sandbox vocabulary never requires read confinement.
The identity routes restrict by *who* runs the child; this rung restricts by *token derivation*. An identity route (landstrip's restricted-user, AppContainer) runs the child under a fresh account or container SID that starts with zero ACEs on the host's files — everything, reads included, defaults to denied, and every path the child may touch must then be opened back up by writing ACEs for that identity: the wholesale DACL mutation that disqualified both alternatives. The restricted token keeps the caller's own SID and logon session: [`CreateRestrictedToken`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/securitybaseapi/nf-securitybaseapi-createrestrictedtoken) derives a token that adds the restricting SIDs and the `WRITE_RESTRICTED` flag, so Windows performs the access check twice — once against the normal SIDs, once against the restricting SIDs — and grants write-class access only where both checks pass. Reads pass on the normal check alone (the caller's SIDs already carry read access everywhere the caller can read), which is why this rung needs no read grants and no new account; writes must additionally clear the capability-SID check, which only the workspace and temp ACEs satisfy. `DISABLE_MAX_PRIVILEGE | LUA_TOKEN` synthesize the limited-user effect of a fresh account token-side, so even an elevated caller derives a filtered token. The same primitive could restrict reads (`SidsToDisable` turning SIDs deny-only), but a read-restricted token would need per-path read grants — reintroducing exactly the cost the identity routes pay — and the sandbox vocabulary never requires read confinement.
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