twizzler-operating-system/twizzler

Tracking issue for twizzler-security

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#268 opened on Apr 24, 2025

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Description

Core tasks for the completion of twizzler-security

  • benchmarking
  • docs for outward facing structs and functions
  • make user-facing key-pair object creation as crate function
  • kernel feature to allow for integration into the kernel
  • capability locating and verification upon page fault
  • find an efficient algorithm to partition space inside of a SecCtx object` for new additions
  • Kernel side view into a SecCtx
  • A decent amount of test coverage
  • Adding logging in critical areas for debugging later? make this a feature
  • Fix the implementation of checking the gates
  • Delegations
  • Removing capabilities from security contexts and more as we figure out what needs to be done ...

PR's: #267 #273 #275 #276 #315

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Research direction
Understand the existing security context (SecCtx) and capability system in Twizzler. Review the linked pull requests to see recent changes. Focus on tasks like 'delegations' and 'removing capabilities from security contexts' to identify where to contribute.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
operating systemssecurity
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Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
4
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Over 1 week
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Mostly clear
Prerequisites
RustOperating Systems Concepts
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20