Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:20:29 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46968 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201507141420.t6EEKTsf024897@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Tue Jul 14 14:20:28 2015 New Revision: 46968 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46968 Log: Add Ed Schouten <ed@nuxi.nl>'s CloudABI report. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Tue Jul 14 11:44:59 2015 (r46967) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2015-04-2015-06.xml Tue Jul 14 14:20:28 2015 (r46968) @@ -906,4 +906,69 @@ Steve Kargl decide to call it a day.</p> </body> </project> + + <project cat='kern'> + <title>CloudABI: Capability-Based 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 on GitHub</url> + <url href="https://github.com/NuxiNL/freebsd">FreeBSD patchset on GitHub</url> + </links> + + <body> + <p>CloudABI is a compact UNIX-like runtime environment that is + purely based on capability-based security (Capsicum). All + features that are incompatible with this model have been + removed. Advantages of using a pure capability-based + environment include improved security, testability, and + reusability. CloudABI should make it possible to run + arbitrary third-party executables directly on top of &os; + without any impact on system security, making it a good + building block for a cluster/cloud computing setup. See + <a href="https://github.com/NuxiNL/cloudlibc">the project on GitHub</a> + for a more detailed explanation.</p> + + <p>Last month I added a number of packages for the &os; Ports + tree. We now have a full C/C++ cross compiler that can be + installed very easily + (<a href="http://www.freshports.org/devel/cloudabi-toolchain">devel/cloudabi-toolchain</a>). + I also imported a tool called <tt>cloudabi-run</tt> that can + be used to start programs safely, only granting access to + files and network sockets listed in the program's + configuration file + (<a href="http://www.freshports.org/sysutils/cloudabi-utils">sysutils/cloudabi-utils</a>).</p>; + + <p>I have also imported some kernelspace modifications into the + &os; source tree for executing CloudABI programs. After all + of these changes have been imported, just loading a kernel + module will allow executing CloudABI programs. Right now, the + "cloudabi" branch on GitHub is still required.</p> + </body> + + <sponsor> + Nuxi, the Netherlands + </sponsor> + + <help> + <task> + <p>Polish up the kernelspace modifications and send them out + for review.</p> + </task> + + <task> + <p>Complete the Linux and NetBSD kernel patchsets and send + those out to the respective maintainers.</p> + </task> + </help> + </project> </report>
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