Re: [CFT][PATCH 00/10] Making new mounts of proc and sysfs as safe as bind mounts (take 2)

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On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Am 28.05.2015 um 22:12 schrieb Kenton Varda:
>> We never mount sysfs in Sandstorm.
>
> sysfs is ABI and applications depend on it.
> Even glibc is using sysfs. Currently it has
> fallback paths but these may go away...

Off-topic, but Sandstorm isn't intended to provide a full Linux ABI.
It is intended to provide a secure sandbox that can run apps that have
been explicitly ported to Sandstorm. More background if you're interested:

https://github.com/sandstorm-io/sandstorm/wiki/Security-Practices-Overview#server-sandboxing
https://blog.sandstorm.io/news/2014-08-13-sandbox-security.html

-Kenton
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