[OLPC Security] Google's x86 Sandbox

[Mike Hearn]

Performance varies but according to the paper, Quake runs at exactly
the same speed as before. A few benchmarks got faster, a few got
slower due to the alignment rules reducing icache effectiveness.

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Benjamin M. Schwartz
<bmschwar at fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
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> I'm sure you've seen it already, but this appears to be Google's attempt
> at a safe sandbox.  I haven't looked in detail, but this appears to
> require applications to be recompiled.  That may mean that very little
> work is required at runtime, which would be nice.
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> - --Ben
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