diff options
| author | Cristian Toader <cristian.matei.toader@gmail.com> | 2013-06-17 13:07:14 +0300 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Nick Mathewson <nickm@torproject.org> | 2013-07-11 09:13:13 -0400 |
| commit | f9c1ba6493478d227c202e4d3444283b2c840a6a (patch) | |
| tree | c79191a86be32416dd1de5ead221b15e776e6114 /changes/seccomp2_sandbox | |
| parent | bcdc0022693c75ea1523468e783bf03832e0a358 (diff) | |
| download | tor-f9c1ba6493478d227c202e4d3444283b2c840a6a.tar tor-f9c1ba6493478d227c202e4d3444283b2c840a6a.tar.gz | |
Add a basic seccomp2 syscall filter on Linux
It's controlled by the new Sandbox argument. Right now, it's rather
coarse-grained, it's Linux-only, and it may break some features.
Diffstat (limited to 'changes/seccomp2_sandbox')
| -rw-r--r-- | changes/seccomp2_sandbox | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/changes/seccomp2_sandbox b/changes/seccomp2_sandbox new file mode 100644 index 000000000..73b3a8d5e --- /dev/null +++ b/changes/seccomp2_sandbox @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ + o Major features (security): + - Use the seccomp2 syscall filtering facility on Linux to limit + which system calls Tor can invoke. This is an experimental, + Linux-only feature to provide defense-in-depth against unknown + attacks. To try turning it on, set "Sandbox 1" in your torrc + file. This is an experimental feature, however, and some things + may break, so please be ready to report bugs. We hope to add + support for better sandboxing in the future, + including more fine-grained filters, better division of + responsibility, and support for more platforms. This work has + been done by Cristian-Matei Toader for Google Summer of Code. + |