What is the truth of this ?
I would really like to know if my x86 'linux PC', is actually running another 'hypervisor' OS that runs Linux - it seems like a recipe for security vulnerabilities.
If so, there are a lot of Qns :
- what OS, is it up to date ?
- can this OS be communicated with from the network ?
- on which chips does it run ?
- can it be re-flashed / upgraded / replaced ?
- can it interrupt/schedule my normal os ?
- how much CPU/power does it use ?
I would certainly trust an Oxide supplied (Rust) bare metal open-source low-level OS to host linux vms on my dev machine, than say, a totally opaque binary blob that the US government has forbidden xyz company from talking about.. just to speculate wildly.
I also think Oxide has wider market that just the server space - eg. one has to do all sorts of shenanigans to get a core freed up so that you can run timing/latency sensitive apps, without getting interrupted by linux threads doing noisy housekeeping on each core.
I would really like to know if my x86 'linux PC', is actually running another 'hypervisor' OS that runs Linux - it seems like a recipe for security vulnerabilities.
If so, there are a lot of Qns :
- what OS, is it up to date ?
- can this OS be communicated with from the network ?
- on which chips does it run ?
- can it be re-flashed / upgraded / replaced ?
- can it interrupt/schedule my normal os ?
- how much CPU/power does it use ?
I would certainly trust an Oxide supplied (Rust) bare metal open-source low-level OS to host linux vms on my dev machine, than say, a totally opaque binary blob that the US government has forbidden xyz company from talking about.. just to speculate wildly.
I also think Oxide has wider market that just the server space - eg. one has to do all sorts of shenanigans to get a core freed up so that you can run timing/latency sensitive apps, without getting interrupted by linux threads doing noisy housekeeping on each core.