Re:WebAssembly: Docker Without Containers
by Thaxll on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @08:48AM
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Insecure is a very strong word, world has been running on Docker for sometime and it works fine and is not as insecure has you seem to think.
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Re:WebAssembly: Docker Without Containers
by cmeacham98 on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @08:56AM
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I agree that Docker actually has a relatively good track record, but it is true that Docker will never be on the same level as a VM hypervisor that was designed from the ground up to be a security barrier.
Thus, when people bring up "Docker is insecure" I try not to get down in the weeds arguing about the specifics, and instead point out alternative projects that are designed with security in mind. I find it's a much stronger counterargument.
Re:WebAssembly: Docker Without Containers
by ClumsyPilot on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @10:11AM
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The world does not rely on docker for security at all, cloud providers put each tenant of container runtimes behind an additional barrier, like a VM.
Secure runtimes are a superior solution to virtualisation and separate kernels. There are only two secure runtimes in common use - for javascriot and webassembly.
The point about hardware support is very unfair - if you invest the same level of effort and hardware support into webassembly, you can also i prove its performance. Thats like compaining that electric cars suck because there are no chargers - its just infra.