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That is very interesting, I hadn't heard of CHERI. 129 bit pointers sound like a bit of an oddity to me. What is the story behind choosing that size?
by lbhdc 4y ago
That is very interesting, I hadn't heard of CHERI. 129 bit pointers sound like a bit of an oddity to me. What is the story behind choosing that size?
- solomatov 4y agoIt's not just a pointer, but a pointer + metadata. See this paper for details: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/ctsrd/pdfs/201904-asplos-cheriabi.pdf https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/security/ctsrd/pdfs/201904...