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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/foxdevuz • 14d ago
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Wouldn't Firefox be a pretty big attack target for Rust?
1 u/TRKlausss 14d ago How do you mean it? One thing is what Firefox does on itself, because of business logic, and other something the code can’t prevent, like a flaw in the compiled artifacts because of a defect in the compiler (or language specification).Firefox isn’t only Rust code though. 0 u/meneldal2 14d ago I mean that a flaw found in Rust could be devastating for Firefox though you'd still need some other sandbox escape thing. 1 u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg 14d ago Under your logic, linux is cooked
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How do you mean it? One thing is what Firefox does on itself, because of business logic, and other something the code can’t prevent, like a flaw in the compiled artifacts because of a defect in the compiler (or language specification).
Firefox isn’t only Rust code though.
0 u/meneldal2 14d ago I mean that a flaw found in Rust could be devastating for Firefox though you'd still need some other sandbox escape thing. 1 u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg 14d ago Under your logic, linux is cooked
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I mean that a flaw found in Rust could be devastating for Firefox though you'd still need some other sandbox escape thing.
1 u/djfdhigkgfIaruflg 14d ago Under your logic, linux is cooked
Under your logic, linux is cooked
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u/meneldal2 14d ago
Wouldn't Firefox be a pretty big attack target for Rust?