I like @eff pretending DARPA's use of Decree had something to do with ensuring the CRS systems don't pose 'danger' rather than practicality
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Are you sure about that? Cause previous DARPA contracts have funded all sorts of things that operate on real OS'
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yes, I talked with the people involved. It also helped avoid press like "DARPA hacks Linux."
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Interesting
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Still, the idea that Decree vs Real OS would be the differentiator between an analysis being benign and world ending is silly.
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being able to tell tech-illiterates "there's no danger, it doesn't work on linux" may be why they didn't just do ELF+seccomp
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It's dumb, but it's a much simpler explanation than saying how many large programs are beyond modern automated analysis
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using decree meant the ability to keep the contest open and ensure the research would filter back to the public.
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not that practicality wasn't a concern too. Lack of machine capability reinforced idea that a research OS was the right idea.
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