First Handset with MTE on the Market

Re:First Handset with MTE on the Market by pjmlp on Saturday November 04, 2023 @02:53AM (#38138755)

Microsoft just announced 10 million dollar effort to make Rust their default systems language for their infrastructure, plus an additional million to the Rust foundation.

Yes, stuff like MTE will help, and what you mention is already being used on Android, see HWSAN, and there is now some movement regarding C++ security profiles, however there is still a very long way to go.

This is how Microsoft sees improving safety on C++ codebases,

"Build Reliable and Secure C++ programs"

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/build-reliable-and-se...

"Lifetime Safety in C++: Past, Present and Future – CppCon 2023"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTdy65m_gRE&feature=youtu.be

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Re:First Handset with MTE on the Market by jimwhite42 on Saturday November 04, 2023 @08:46AM (#38140552)

> Microsoft just announced 10 million dollar effort to make Rust their default systems language for their infrastructure

This seems like an incredibly low amount of money to achieve something like that.

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Re:First Handset with MTE on the Market by pjmlp on Saturday November 04, 2023 @09:51AM (#38140984)

Might be, yet it sends a strong signal into the industry, specially coming from from one of the companies behind C++.

Similar to how clang slowed down as Apple and Google decided to focus on their languages, and key contributors abandoned clang.

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