Microsoft's New Open-Source Project: LiteBox, a Rust-Based Sandboxing Library OS
3 months ago
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- #Rust
- #Security
- Microsoft is developing LiteBox, a Rust-based, security-focused library OS.
- LiteBox leverages Linux Virtualization Based Security (LVBS) to protect the guest kernel via hardware virtualization.
- It is open-source under the MIT license and actively developed on GitHub.
- LiteBox reduces attack surface by minimizing the interface to the host and supports easy interop between 'North' shims and 'South' platforms.
- Use cases include running unmodified Linux programs on Windows, sandboxing Linux apps on Linux, and running on SEV SNP or OP-TEE.
- James Morris, Microsoft's lead for Linux OS security, announced LiteBox's availability.