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In what way is NaCl worse than webgl?
by jbri 15y ago
In what way is NaCl worse than webgl?
- jbk 15y agoActually it is better for security.
- gcr 15y agoProof please? Whenever I visit a WebGL demo inside Linux w/ NVidia drivers, if there are any complicated shaders, my system hard-freezes, forcing me to reboot. Until the X developers fix Xorg's security model (like that will happen), and until NVidia fixes their Linux drivers (like that will happen), WebGL will always be one massive gaping security and stability problem for me as a Linux user.
- jbk 15y agoSo, you are saying the same thing that I am :D
- iam 15y agoBecause it runs userspace code on x86, instead of running kernel-level code on the GPU?
- jbk 15y agoBecause we know, those days, to sandbox raw x86 code, and not let them access the system and the drivers... However, running shaders directly on the GPU exposes directly graphic drivers, that are not conceived to block unfriendly code.