RootAsRole
A memory-safe and security-oriented alternative to sudo/su commands (by LeChatP)
vesper
Single-address-space capability-based nanokernel (by metta-systems)
| RootAsRole | vesper | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | |
| 123 | 73 | |
| - | - | |
| 8.5 | 7.2 | |
| 5 days ago | 28 days ago | |
| Rust | Rust | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | - |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
RootAsRole
Posts with mentions or reviews of RootAsRole.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
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RootAsRole, a secure alternative to sudo/su on Linux systems is now entierly in Rust!
My project RootAsRole from C language is now entirely rewritten in Rust. https://github.com/LeChatP/RootAsRole
- RootAsRole: A secure alternative to sudo/su using principle of least privilege
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Mapping Capabilities Linux, Reverse-engineering, SAST
Currently, the solution for administrators is to use this eBPF which could detect capabilities asked by program. But this eBPF returns false-positives. With more context (e.g. the name of a syscall or the context of caller symbol), this eBPF could filter impertinent privileges asks, and simplify configuration of privileges for administrators.
vesper
Posts with mentions or reviews of vesper.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
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This Month in Rust OSDev (November 2021)
We welcomed Freax13 as a x86_64 maintainer this month and merged several new features and improvements to the uefi and x86_64 crates. Also: a first-time status report of the https://github.com/metta-systems/vesper project.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing RootAsRole and vesper you can also consider the following projects:
ssu - Extremely simple su utility
Theseus - Theseus is a modern OS written from scratch in Rust that explores 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧: closing the semantic gap between compiler and hardware by maximally leveraging the power of language safety and affine types. Theseus aims to shift OS responsibilities like resource management into the compiler.
bottlerocket - An operating system designed for hosting containers