[OLPC Security] Google's x86 Sandbox

[Benjamin M. Schwartz]

http://tech.slashdot.org/tech/08/12/09/1459230.shtml

I'm sure you've seen it already, but this appears to be Google's attempt
at a safe sandbox. I haven't looked in detail, but this appears to
require applications to be recompiled. That may mean that very little
work is required at runtime, which would be nice.

- --Ben

[Mike Hearn]

Performance varies but according to the paper, Quake runs at exactly
the same speed as before. A few benchmarks got faster, a few got
slower due to the alignment rules reducing icache effectiveness.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz

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I'm sure you've seen it already, but this appears to be Google's attempt
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require applications to be recompiled. That may mean that very little
work is required at runtime, which would be nice.
- --Ben
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