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Re:DARPA's “Unhackable” Computer by abecedarius on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @04:24PM (#16011130)
https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/ctsrd/cheri/cheri... sounds promising.
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Re:DARPA's “Unhackable” Computer by deepnotderp on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @04:56PM (#16011295)
Unfortunately, given the industry reliance upon standard C, I doubt capability machines will ever catch on.
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Re:DARPA's “Unhackable” Computer by nickpsecurity on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @05:18PM (#16011409)
CHERI a capability machine designed for C programs that runs FreeBSD.
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Re:DARPA's “Unhackable” Computer by deepnotderp on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @06:12PM (#16011653)
My point is more that it requires modifications to existing C code to use the full capabilities (no pun intended) of a capability machine.
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Re:DARPA's “Unhackable” Computer by fao_ on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @09:00PM (#16012314)
I wonder if this could be done with an alternate stdlib. Editing the usual e.g. heap management functions et al. so it does stuff behind the scenes.
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