access control information (formerly... Strawman)

/*
For the most part these situations can be reduced to things of the form
"If you don't tell me that I need a $5,000 balance to access your
services, how do I know what to do to comply?".
*/

good point. however, should the response be 'you need $5,000 to have
access' or 'insufficient funds to access'? i know to some this may seem
pedantic, but the former message provides the requestor with specific
information regarding your ACL.  (imagine the case of 'denied: not
memeber of xyz group')

/*
Once again, we should leave the decision whether or not to expose policy
to the expression of the policy itself.
*/
ultimately, this may be the only workable solution. (although, let's
shoot a couple of prisoners first and see how it goes to make sure :o)

b