Concept for Browser running Java/C# programs in VM sandbox - Feedback wanted

Re:Concept for Browser running Java/C# programs in VM sandbo... by redknight666 on Thursday January 16, 2014 @07:24AM (#7068977)

The problem I see there is the resources necessary when you have multiple tabs open. If you are forking the web browser, it would make sense to provide a HAL as part of the sandbox and run in a different process.

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Re:Concept for Browser running Java/C# programs in VM sandbo... by bobsgame on Thursday January 16, 2014 @07:26AM (#7068987)

Yes, I think the VM overhead wouldn't be as big a deal as the programs themselves though. People would have to realize that applications are "heavyweight." Not sure if HAL would introduce security issues, the VM is to keep things as secure as possible.

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Re:Concept for Browser running Java/C# programs in VM sandbo... by redknight666 on Thursday January 16, 2014 @07:29AM (#7068996)

HALs will always introduce security issues. I believe Microsoft Research has been working on that particular problem with Singularity, it would pay to take a look at what they did there.

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