diff --git a/services/allocator/allocatord/assets/assets.go b/services/allocator/allocatord/assets/assets.go
index c13984e..433a5c5 100644
--- a/services/allocator/allocatord/assets/assets.go
+++ b/services/allocator/allocatord/assets/assets.go
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 	return a, nil
 }
 
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 func homeTmplHtmlBytes() ([]byte, error) {
 	return bindataRead(
diff --git a/services/allocator/allocatord/assets/home.tmpl.html b/services/allocator/allocatord/assets/home.tmpl.html
index ab88699..1ae4eb2 100644
--- a/services/allocator/allocatord/assets/home.tmpl.html
+++ b/services/allocator/allocatord/assets/home.tmpl.html
@@ -24,12 +24,21 @@
       <div class="blessings-item">
         <div class="blessing-details">
           <h3>{{kubeName .Name}}</h3>
+          <p class="blessing-caveats unixtime" data-unixtime={{.CreationTime.Unix}}>
+            <b>Creation Time</b><br/>
+            {{.CreationTime.String}}
+          </p>
           <p>
-            <b>Mount Name</b><br>
-            {{.Name}}
+            <b>Mount Name</b><br/>
+            <i>{{.NameRoot}}/</i><wbr/>{{relativeName .Name}}
+          </p>
+          <p class="blessing-caveats">
+            <b>Blessing Patterns</b><br/>
+            {{range .BlessingPatterns}}
+              {{.}}<br/>
+            {{end}}
           </p>
         </div>
-        <div class="blessing-revoked"></div>
         <div class="blessing-revoked">
           <a href="{{.DashboardURL}}" class="button-passive" target="_blank">Dashboard</a>
         </div>
diff --git a/services/allocator/allocatord/assets_helper.go b/services/allocator/allocatord/assets_helper.go
index 13eb089..12ef337 100644
--- a/services/allocator/allocatord/assets_helper.go
+++ b/services/allocator/allocatord/assets_helper.go
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	t, err := template.New(name).Funcs(template.FuncMap{
-		"title":    strings.Title,
-		"kubeName": kubeNameFromMountName,
+		"title":        strings.Title,
+		"kubeName":     kubeNameFromMountName,
+		"relativeName": relativeMountName,
 	}).Parse(string(data))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/services/allocator/allocatord/doc.go b/services/allocator/allocatord/doc.go
index c28d718..bf35adb 100644
--- a/services/allocator/allocatord/doc.go
+++ b/services/allocator/allocatord/doc.go
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
  -server-name=
    Name of the servers to allocate. This name is part of the published names in
    the Vanadium namespace and the names of the Deployments in Kubernetes.
+ -server-name-root=
+   Namespace root for allocated servers to use when publishing in the Vanadium
+   namespace.  If not set, the namespace root of the allocator server is used.
  -static-assets-prefix=
    Host serving the web assets.
  -vkube=vkube
diff --git a/services/allocator/allocatord/http.go b/services/allocator/allocatord/http.go
index 3b321e1..c9d3901 100644
--- a/services/allocator/allocatord/http.go
+++ b/services/allocator/allocatord/http.go
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"v.io/v23"
 	"v.io/v23/context"
 	"v.io/v23/security"
 )
@@ -234,7 +236,14 @@
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("list error: %v", err)
 	}
-	type instanceArg struct{ Name, DestroyURL, DashboardURL string }
+	type instanceArg struct {
+		Name,
+		NameRoot,
+		DestroyURL,
+		DashboardURL string
+		BlessingPatterns []string
+		CreationTime     time.Time
+	}
 	tmplArgs := struct {
 		AssetsPrefix,
 		ServerName,
@@ -250,10 +259,19 @@
 		Message:      rs.r.FormValue(paramMessage),
 	}
 	for _, instance := range instances {
+		var patterns []string
+		for _, b := range security.BlessingNames(v23.GetPrincipal(ctx), ss.args.baseBlessings) {
+			bName := strings.Join([]string{b, instance.name}, security.ChainSeparator)
+			patterns = append(patterns, bName)
+		}
+
 		tmplArgs.Instances = append(tmplArgs.Instances, instanceArg{
-			Name:         instance,
-			DestroyURL:   makeURL(ctx, routeDestroy, params{paramName: instance, paramCSRF: rs.csrfToken}),
-			DashboardURL: makeURL(ctx, routeDashboard, params{paramDashboardName: relativeMountName(instance), paramCSRF: rs.csrfToken}),
+			Name:             instance.mountName,
+			NameRoot:         nameRoot(ctx),
+			CreationTime:     instance.creationTime,
+			BlessingPatterns: patterns,
+			DestroyURL:       makeURL(ctx, routeDestroy, params{paramName: instance.mountName, paramCSRF: rs.csrfToken}),
+			DashboardURL:     makeURL(ctx, routeDashboard, params{paramDashboardName: relativeMountName(instance.mountName), paramCSRF: rs.csrfToken}),
 		})
 	}
 	if err := ss.args.assets.executeTemplate(rs.w, homeTmpl, tmplArgs); err != nil {
diff --git a/services/allocator/allocatord/main.go b/services/allocator/allocatord/main.go
index 4f6e808..661c5c6 100644
--- a/services/allocator/allocatord/main.go
+++ b/services/allocator/allocatord/main.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 var (
 	nameFlag                string
 	serverNameFlag          string
+	serverNameRootFlag      string
 	deploymentTemplateFlag  string
 	globalAdminsFlag        string
 	maxInstancesFlag        int
@@ -59,12 +60,14 @@
 
 const (
 	serverNameFlagName     = "server-name"
+	serverNameRootFlagName = "server-name-root"
 	oauthCredsFileFlagName = "oauth-client-creds-file"
 )
 
 func main() {
 	cmdRoot.Flags.StringVar(&nameFlag, "name", "", "Name to publish for this service.")
 	cmdRoot.Flags.StringVar(&serverNameFlag, serverNameFlagName, "", "Name of the servers to allocate. This name is part of the published names in the Vanadium namespace and the names of the Deployments in Kubernetes.")
+	cmdRoot.Flags.StringVar(&serverNameRootFlag, serverNameRootFlagName, "", "Namespace root for allocated servers to use when publishing in the Vanadium namespace.  If not set, the namespace root of the allocator server is used.")
 	cmdRoot.Flags.StringVar(&deploymentTemplateFlag, "deployment-template", "", "The template for the deployment of the servers to allocate.")
 	cmdRoot.Flags.StringVar(&globalAdminsFlag, "global-admins", "", "A comma-separated list of blessing patterns that have access to all the server instances.")
 	cmdRoot.Flags.IntVar(&maxInstancesFlag, "max-instances", 10, "The maximum total number of server instances to create.")
@@ -94,12 +97,21 @@
 		// use <server-name>-<md5> as name, where "-<md5>" is 33 chars.
 		return env.UsageErrorf("--%s value too long. Must be <= 30 characters", serverNameFlagName)
 	}
+	if nameRoot(ctx) == "" {
+		return env.UsageErrorf("--%s not specified, and no default namespace root found", serverNameRootFlagName)
+	}
 
 	var baseBlessings security.Blessings
 	if clusterAgentFlag == "" || blessingSecretFlag == "" {
-		fmt.Fprintln(env.Stderr, "WARNING: Using self-blessed blessings for allocated servers")
-		var err error
-		if baseBlessings, err = v23.GetPrincipal(ctx).BlessSelf("allocator"); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(env.Stderr, "WARNING: Using disabled blessings for allocated servers")
+		p := v23.GetPrincipal(ctx)
+		defaultB, _ := p.BlessingStore().Default()
+		// This caveat ensures that the blessing we create cannot be used.
+		disabled, err := security.NewCaveat(security.ConstCaveat, false)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if baseBlessings, err = p.Bless(p.PublicKey(), defaultB, "allocator", disabled); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	} else {
diff --git a/services/allocator/allocatord/names.go b/services/allocator/allocatord/names.go
index 7e806ba..c1ad7b1 100644
--- a/services/allocator/allocatord/names.go
+++ b/services/allocator/allocatord/names.go
@@ -32,11 +32,18 @@
 	return serverNameFlag + "-" + hex.EncodeToString(b), nil
 }
 
-func mountNameFromKubeName(ctx *context.T, kName string) string {
-	if roots := v23.GetNamespace(ctx).Roots(); len(roots) > 0 {
-		return naming.Join(roots[0], serverMountPrefix, kName)
+func nameRoot(ctx *context.T) string {
+	if serverNameRootFlag != "" {
+		return serverNameRootFlag
 	}
-	return naming.Join(serverMountPrefix, kName)
+	if roots := v23.GetNamespace(ctx).Roots(); len(roots) > 0 {
+		return roots[0]
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func mountNameFromKubeName(ctx *context.T, kName string) string {
+	return naming.Join(nameRoot(ctx), serverMountPrefix, kName)
 }
 
 func kubeNameFromMountName(mName string) string {
diff --git a/services/allocator/allocatord/service.go b/services/allocator/allocatord/service.go
index f649b15..d673456 100644
--- a/services/allocator/allocatord/service.go
+++ b/services/allocator/allocatord/service.go
@@ -70,12 +70,20 @@
 	if email == "" {
 		return nil, verror.New(verror.ErrNoAccess, ctx, "unable to determine caller's email address")
 	}
-	return list(ctx, email)
+	instances, err := list(ctx, email)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	mNames := make([]string, len(instances))
+	for i, instance := range instances {
+		mNames[i] = instance.mountName
+	}
+	return mNames, nil
 }
 
 func create(ctx *context.T, email string, baseBlessings security.Blessings) (string, error) {
 	// Enforce a limit on the number of instances. These tests are a little
-	// bit racy. It's possible that multiple calls to Create() will run
+	// bit racy. It's possible that multiple calls to create() will run
 	// concurrently and that we'll end up with too many instances.
 	if n, err := serverInstances(email); err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -150,16 +158,15 @@
 	return nil
 }
 
-func list(ctx *context.T, email string) ([]string, error) {
-	kNames, err := serverInstances(email)
+func list(ctx *context.T, email string) ([]serverInstance, error) {
+	instances, err := serverInstances(email)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	mNames := make([]string, len(kNames))
-	for i, n := range kNames {
-		mNames[i] = mountNameFromKubeName(ctx, n)
+	for i, instance := range instances {
+		instances[i].mountName = mountNameFromKubeName(ctx, instance.name)
 	}
-	return mNames, nil
+	return instances, err
 }
 
 func createDeploymentConfig(ctx *context.T, email, deploymentName, mountName string) (string, func(), error) {
@@ -263,7 +270,17 @@
 	return hex.EncodeToString(h[:])
 }
 
-func serverInstances(email string) ([]string, error) {
+type serverInstance struct {
+	name         string
+	mountName    string
+	creationTime time.Time
+}
+
+func serverInstances(email string) ([]serverInstance, error) {
+	// TODO(caprita): Store the mount name and server blessing name(s) as
+	// annotations in the deployment, and retrieve them here.  This should
+	// ensure that the values are accurate, and do not depend on the version
+	// of allocatord that is presenting them.
 	args := []string{"kubectl", "get", "deployments", "-o", "json"}
 	if email != "" {
 		args = append(args, "-l", "ownerHash="+emailHash(email))
@@ -284,20 +301,24 @@
 	var list struct {
 		Items []struct {
 			Metadata struct {
-				Name string `json:"name"`
+				Name         string    `json:"name"`
+				CreationTime time.Time `json:"creationTimestamp"`
 			} `json:"metadata"`
 		} `json:"items"`
 	}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(out, &list); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	kNames := []string{}
+	instances := []serverInstance{}
 	for _, l := range list.Items {
 		if strings.HasPrefix(l.Metadata.Name, serverNameFlag+"-") {
-			kNames = append(kNames, l.Metadata.Name)
+			instances = append(instances, serverInstance{
+				name:         l.Metadata.Name,
+				creationTime: l.Metadata.CreationTime,
+			})
 		}
 	}
-	return kNames, nil
+	return instances, nil
 }
 
 func isOwnerOfInstance(email, kName string) (bool, error) {
@@ -306,7 +327,7 @@
 		return false, err
 	}
 	for _, i := range instances {
-		if i == kName {
+		if i.name == kName {
 			return true, nil
 		}
 	}