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I don't know exactly what NaCL does, but the JVM/CLR verification is all about making sure you don't write over someone else's memory, jump to some arbitrary ad
by jmesserly 15y ago
I don't know exactly what NaCL does, but the JVM/CLR verification is all about making sure you don't write over someone else's memory, jump to some arbitrary address, etc. Essentially the problem is: how do you run untrusted code in the same address space, without it getting all of your process's permissions.
More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Virtual_Machine#Bytecode_verifier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Virtual_Machine#Bytecode_v...
- smosher 15y agoAh, thanks. I think I have a handle on the size and shape of it.