gosec
Go security checker (by securego)
getrandom
A small cross-platform library for retrieving random data from (operating) system source (by rust-random)
| gosec | getrandom | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | 8 | |
| 7,468 | 253 | |
| 0.8% | 1.2% | |
| 8.7 | 7.0 | |
| 4 days ago | 3 days ago | |
| Go | Rust | |
| Apache License 2.0 | Apache License 2.0 |
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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.
gosec
Posts with mentions or reviews of gosec.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-08-31.
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Top 10 Snyk Alternatives for Code Security
6. Gosec
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Safety in Go
You can (and definitely should!) also use gosec.
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We have getrandom at home
The crypto source in Go is great, no complaints there. Lints like gosec even recommend using it when generating crypto entropy. Go did a good job here, and I expect Rust will do the same sometime after getrandom reaches 1.0 so the API questions are settled, plus whatever makes sense for the future-proofing the standard library needs.
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any open source that checks security vulnerabilities in code?
i think there's https://github.com/securego/gosec linter
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Goast: Generic static analysis for Go Abstract Syntax Tree by OPA/Rego
Various static analysis tools are available for the Go language, and existing static analysis tools can check general best practices. For example, gosec is a tool to check secure Go coding, and I use it myself. However, coding rules in software development are not only based on best practices, but can also be software- or team-specific. For example
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Vulnerability Management for Go
What's the difference between this a https://github.com/securego/gosec?
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Github template for Golang services
A github actions workflow is provided to run go fmt, vet, test and gosec. An initial configuration for dependabot is also provided.
- gosec
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What tools exists, or you recommend, for code review, quality and/or security review
Besides what was mentioned, we use : staticcheck.io and https://github.com/securego/gosec
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Container security best practices: Comprehensive guide
For application code, there are different SAST (Static Application Security Testing) tools like sonarqube, which provide vulnerability scanners for different languages, gosec for analyzing go code and detecting issues based on rules, linters, etc.
getrandom
Posts with mentions or reviews of getrandom.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-11.
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We have getrandom at home
The crypto source in Go is great, no complaints there. Lints like gosec even recommend using it when generating crypto entropy. Go did a good job here, and I expect Rust will do the same sometime after getrandom reaches 1.0 so the API questions are settled, plus whatever makes sense for the future-proofing the standard library needs.
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Fellow Rust enthusiasts: What "sucks" about Rust?
I would wait for the getrandom crate to reach 1.0, which will answer many of the questions around what an API like this can look like, and then maybe the standard library discussion will be on firmer footing because at least we'll know what API we want to immortalize. Rushing that now just to save people importing a small crate does not seem to be the way to go.
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Introduction to Random Number Generation in Rust
I'd caution against using /dev/random directly, and instead recommend using getrandom. It's effectively the same thing on Haiku and Redox, but is cross-platform and will upgrade to better sources on various platforms as available (such as using the getrandom() call on Linux and Android, or getentropy() on macOs, if avaialable).
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Alea: fast and easy random number generation in Rust
getrandom
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Why I rewrote my Rust keyboard firmware in Zig: consistency, mastery, and fun
It's a default, but overwritable behavior, see the #[path] attribute. You still have to create N files for each supported platform, but at the top level you will see only one module. On of the crates which uses this approach in practice is getrandom.
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String, Vec<T>, Box<T>, Rc<T>... could be moved from alloc to core
IIUC the main problem which prevents from moving HashMap & co to alloc is lack of API to get system entropy which is required for DOS protection. Ideally we would have a #[global_allocator]-like functionality for retrieving system entropy. Relevant issue: https://github.com/rust-random/getrandom/issues/21
What are some alternatives?
When comparing gosec and getrandom you can also consider the following projects:
golangci-lint - Fast linters Runner for Go
nanorand-rs - A tiny, fast, zero-dep library for random number generation
gokart - A static analysis tool for securing Go code
pollster - A minimal async executor that lets you block on a future
go-tools - Staticcheck - The advanced Go linter
rust-delegate - Rust method delegation with less boilerplate
pre-commit-golang - Pre-commit hooks for Golang with support for monorepos, the ability to pass arguments and environment variables to all hooks, and the ability to invoke custom go tools.
dislike-in-rust - A list of the few things I don't like about rust
docker-bench-security - The Docker Bench for Security is a script that checks for dozens of common best-practices around deploying Docker containers in production.
rand - A Rust library for random number generation.
rustsec - RustSec API & Tooling
rust-orphan-rules - An unofficial, experimental place for documenting and gathering feedback on the design problems around Rust's orphan rules