alt Hacker NewsIt does seem like "What if we offer checked integer arithmetic operations?" is a cheaper experiment than CHERI's "What if we mechanically reify extent based provenance"?"
It does seem like "What if we offer checked integer arithmetic operations?" is a cheaper experiment than CHERI's "What if we mechanically reify extent based provenance"?"
But also way less impactful. It would solve maybe 20% of serious security vulnerabilities whereas CHERI solves like 60% at least. More if you use its strong compartmentalisation capabilities (heh).
That said, CHERI is super complicated. Checked integer arithmetic operations would be way simpler.