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by sitkack 16 days ago
A strong enough type system can catch permission problems.
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pjmlp 16 days ago
The solution there would be a capabilities based OS, however adoption hasn't been great on that regard.
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sitkack 13 days ago
I'd love to see CHERI (for the room) and Wasm take off, no time like the present.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_Hardware_Enhanced_R...

https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/ctsrd/cheri/

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