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How is NaCl not just "Google's version of ActiveX"

• spot 11y ago
  it's secure and open source.
  • stevehawk 11y ago
    Nothing is "secure".
    • strcat 11y ago
      It's more secure than JavaScript, which is a start. Dropping the need for just-in-time compilation while gaining performance is nice.
      • icebraining 11y ago
        When has JavaScript itself (and not the APIs, unless it's a JS-specific problem) last enabled an exploit in a major browser? I can't remember it. Meanwhile, here's a NaCl sandbox escape exploit from March: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36311/ https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36311/
• lallysingh 11y ago
  NaCl runs in a sandbox
• Niten 11y ago
  Here's an overview: http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en/us/pubs/archive/34913.pdf http://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.co...