Re:Run old games in DOSBox in the browser
by angryasian on Friday August 12, 2011 @04:22AM
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why not hold your pessimism till we actually see something. Security has been a major focal point for NaCl. Until then play some old school games.
In what way is NaCl worse than webgl?
Actually it is better for security.
Proof please?
Whenever I visit a WebGL demo inside Linux w/ NVidia drivers, if there are any complicated shaders, my system hard-freezes, forcing me to reboot.
Until the X developers fix Xorg's security model (like that will happen), and until NVidia fixes their Linux drivers (like that will happen), WebGL will always be one massive gaping security and stability problem for me as a Linux user.
So, you are saying the same thing that I am :D
Because it runs userspace code on x86, instead of running kernel-level code on the GPU?
Because we know, those days, to sandbox raw x86 code, and not let them access the system and the drivers... However, running shaders directly on the GPU exposes directly graphic drivers, that are not conceived to block unfriendly code.
Why so?
You don't have access to outside APIs with NaCL.
Now trojans have one huge, lovely target. Just change browser settings and boom, easy attack. This in combination with hiding everything from users (status bar, url bar, etc.) is super dangerous. It's activex all over again.
Do it in webgl or otherwise, leave native code execution outside the browser.