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Linux kernel with Capsicum support

5 mentions on Hacker News by 5 people: 1 story, 4 comments · first 2013-10-08 · latest 2022-07-15

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  1. Unfortunately the Linux port was never incorporated and is apparently now abandoned: https://github.com/google/capsicum-linux Then, if you're serious about capabilities, as you should be more-or-less, you might want Genode (posted here…
  2. The kernel patchset I was referring to is https://github.com/google/capsicum-linux - it's a Linux version of Capsicum. Though now that I look at it more closely, it appears to no longer be maintained. :( That said, the Bytecode Alliance…
  3. https://github.com/google/capsicum-linux would basically render this entire class of bug impossible if used correctly. It would probably require a redesign of how docker interacts with the host filesystem though, and obviously relies on…
  4. …implemented for Linux and has been for a couple years, it's just not in Linus's tree[1]. [1]: https://github.com/google/capsicum-linux
    comment by 2trill2spill · 2017-11-21 · in Application Container Security Guide [pdf]
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    Capsicum Object-Capabilities on Linux
    story by dchest · 2013-10-08 · 0 comments