From owner-svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Thu Apr 20 02:44:16 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 937DCD46214; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 02:44:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7087A3E7; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 02:44:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v3K2iF5L042384; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 02:44:15 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from bjk@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id v3K2iFSv042383; Thu, 20 Apr 2017 02:44:15 GMT (envelope-from bjk@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201704200244.v3K2iFSv042383@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: bjk set sender to bjk@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Benjamin Kaduk Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 02:44:15 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r50180 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2017 02:44:16 -0000 Author: bjk Date: Thu Apr 20 02:44:15 2017 New Revision: 50180 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/50180 Log: Add 2017Q1 CloudABI entry from ed Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-01-2017-03.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-01-2017-03.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-01-2017-03.xml Thu Apr 20 02:25:19 2017 (r50179) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2017-01-2017-03.xml Thu Apr 20 02:44:15 2017 (r50180) @@ -650,4 +650,74 @@ Microsoft + + + Porting Software to CloudABI: Sandboxed Bitcoin! + + + + + Ed + Schouten + + ed@FreeBSD.org + + + + + How to use CloudABI on &os; + LevelDB for CloudABI + Memcached for CloudABI + Bitcoin for CloudABI + + + +

CloudABI is a framework that allows you to develop strongly + sandboxed applications a lot more easily. It is a programming + environment that exclusively uses &os;'s Capsicum facilities. Any + features incompatible with Capsicum have been removed entirely, + which means that it is easier to determine how code needs to be + adjusted to behave correctly while sandboxed. In essence, you only + need to patch up the code until it builds.

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Last year we've managed to port a lot of exciting libraries over + to CloudABI. Highlights include sandboxing aware versions of + Boost and + LevelDB. Now that these + libraries are readily available, we're at the point where we can + shift focus towards porting full applications.

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Late February one of the lead developers of + the Bitcoin reference + implementation got in touch, as he is very interested in + creating a copy of Bitcoin that is better protected against + security bugs. You do not want a security bug in the + networking/consensus code allowing an attacker to steal coins from + your local wallet.

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As I think that this is a use case that demonstrates the strength + of CloudABI well, I've made addressing any issues reported by the + Bitcoin developers a top priority. Once the Bitcoin port is + complete, we want to provide binary packages of it as well.

+ + + Nuxi, the Netherlands + + + Though getting Bitcoin to work is pretty awesome, don't let + that distract us from porting other pieces of software over as + well! Are you the maintainer of a piece of software that could + benefit from sandboxing? Be sure to try building it using the + CloudABI toolchain! + + One of the pieces of software that got ported over to + CloudABI some time ago is Memcached. Are you a user of + Memcached? If so, feel free to give the sandboxed version of + Memcached for CloudABI a try! + + So far CloudABI can be used to run software written in C, C++ + and Python. Would you like to see any other programming language + work on CloudABI as well? Be sure to help out! + +