Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 02:53:01 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r47614 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201510180253.t9I2r1pY088243@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Sun Oct 18 02:53:01 2015 New Revision: 47614 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/47614 Log: Add CloudABI report from ed Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Sun Oct 18 02:29:35 2015 (r47613) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-07-2015-09.xml Sun Oct 18 02:53:01 2015 (r47614) @@ -2819,4 +2819,81 @@ </help> </project> + <project cat='kern'> + <title>CloudABI: Pure Capabilities Runtime Environment</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Ed</given> + <common>Schouten</common> + </name> + <email>ed@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <links> + <url href="https://github.com/NuxiNL/cloudlibc">CloudABI project + page.</url> + <url href="https://github.com/NuxiNL/cloudabi-ports">CloudABI Ports + Collection.</url> + <url href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTHSZGVvLw4">CloudABI + presentation at FrOSCon.</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>CloudABI is a POSIX-like runtime environment that uses Capsicum + as its sole access control mechanism. CloudABI allows you to + develop software that is better hardened against security + vulnerabilities, is easier to test, and is easier to migrate + across systems.</p> + + <p>As of August, all of the kernel modifications that are needed to + run CloudABI programs have been integrated into &os; head. Once + you load the <tt>cloudabi64</tt> kernel module, you can + either run CloudABI programs directly from the shell or by + using the <tt>cloudabi-run</tt> tool + (<tt>sysutils/cloudabi-utils</tt>). The latter allows you to + inject sockets, files, and directories into the launched + program in a more structured way.</p> + + <p>In the meantime, work has started on developing a Ports Collection + that contains cross-compiled utilities and libraries for CloudABI. + The intent is that this framework generates native packages for a + number of operating systems, making it possible to develop + CloudABI applications on any operating system, regardless of + whether that operating system actually supports CloudABI.</p> + + <p>If you are interested in CloudABI, be sure to go to the project + page on GitHub, watch recordings of talks at conferences or wait + for the upcoming edition of the FreeBSD Journal, which will + feature an article on CloudABI.</p> + </body> + + <sponsor> + Nuxi, the Netherlands + </sponsor> + + <help> + <task> + <p>CloudABI is currently only available for amd64. It would + make sense to port CloudABI to additional architectures (e.g., + aarch64).</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Support for CloudABI has only been integrated into &os;. + If we manage to upstream support for CloudABI into other operating + systems, it should be possible to run the same binary on multiple + operating systems, without recompilation.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>The CloudABI Ports Collection currently only has 60 packages. + Though these packages already allow you to build some interesting + software, we're always interested in expanding.</p> + </task> + </help> + </project> + </report>
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