[foaf-protocols] Why exponent/modulus

[Nathan]

Joe Presbrey wrote:
> The point of setting REMOTE_USER was so that you might also say (in htaccess):
> 
> Require <http://webr3.org/nathan#me> <http://presbrey.mit.edu/foaf#presbrey>
> 
> Ha, isn't anyone still doing authorization in Apache? From httpd
> inclusion standpoint, I figured it best to be more interoperable.

don't have a clue, but my +1 sits with being interoperable!