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snazz commented on Things I learned while writing an x86 emulator (2023) timdbg.com/posts/useless-... · Posted by u/fanf2
snazz commented on Please don't mention AI again ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i... · Posted by u/ludicity
If you're interviewing for job at a company you're not familiar with, what are some good heuristics (and/or questions to ask) to politely get a sense of whether it's run by buzzword bingo enthusiasts?
snazz commented on Apple Joins the SeL4 Foundation sel4.systems/news/#member... · Posted by u/fork-bomber
For context, the Apple Secure Enclave chips run an NICTA L4-based microkernel, albeit not SeL4 specifically as far as I know (given the Secure Enclave launched in 2006 and NICTA released SeL4 in 2014). I wonder if this indicates plans to adopt SeL4?
SeL4 is extremely cool technology. It has been formally proven to be bug-free against its specification, which massively simplifies the development of high-security high-reliability systems. I feel like there’s a lot more development to be seen in this space.
What product from 2006 did it come with? My understanding was that the Secure Enclave came out with the iPhone 5s in 2013 (still before 2014, so your point stands, I’m just curious).
snazz commented on Xz: Can you spot the single character that disabled Linux landlock? git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git... · Posted by u/dhx
I’m not sure this would be smaller scale? At least probably too early to tell?
I just mean fewer total packages and fewer maintainers. Linux libraries and packages don’t have the culture of making a package out of a single small function and importing it everywhere, which is part of the reason why NPM is a good case study in opportunities for supply chain attacks.
snazz commented on Xz: Can you spot the single character that disabled Linux landlock? git.tukaani.org/?p=xz.git... · Posted by u/dhx
Yes but if that’s the sentiment how is this not as problematic as the npm ecosystem.
It’s similarly problematic but on a somewhat smaller scale and with fewer levels of nested dependencies.
I’ve benchmarked deleting files (around ~65,000 small node_modules sort of files) and it takes 40 seconds through Explorer, 20 seconds with rd, and roughly a second inside WSL2 (cloned to the VM’s ext4 virtual hard drive).