Prossimo with Josh Aas
Allen Wyma talks with Josh Aas about his work on Prossimo, an Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) project that is focusing on moving critical software used on the Internet to a memory safe language, such as Rust.
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Timestamps
[@00:00] - Meet Josh Aas - Executive Director at ISRG (Internet Security Research Group), a non-profit dedicated to building a more secure and privacy-respecting digital infrastructure.
[@01:32] - Let’s Encrypt Project - a nonprofit Certificate Authority providing TLS certificates to 363 million websites.
[@06:53] - Divvi Up project - a privacy-respecting system for aggregate statistics.
[@09:48] - Prossimo - ensuring memory safety for the internet’s most critical infrastructure.
[@15:24] - Discussion about Curl and Rust.
[@19:06] - The benefits of rewriting software, particularly transitioning from C to Rust for improved memory safety.
[@34:19] - The ISRG’s ambition to make the Linux kernel memory-safe with Rust.
[@37:27] - Can Zig potentially be a competitor to Rust?
[@39:41] - Closing thoughts.
Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Plangora
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Plangora
Hosts: Allen Wyma
Contributing to Rustacean Station
Rustacean Station is a community project; get in touch with us if you’d like to suggest an idea for an episode or offer your services as a host or audio editor!
Twitter: @rustaceanfm
Discord: Rustacean Station
Github: @rustacean-station
Email: hello@rustacean-station.org
Timestamps
[@00:00] - Meet Josh Aas - Executive Director at ISRG (Internet Security Research Group), a non-profit dedicated to building a more secure and privacy-respecting digital infrastructure.
[@01:32] - Let’s Encrypt Project - a nonprofit Certificate Authority providing TLS certificates to 363 million websites.
[@06:53] - Divvi Up project - a privacy-respecting system for aggregate statistics.
[@09:48] - Prossimo - ensuring memory safety for the internet’s most critical infrastructure.
[@15:24] - Discussion about Curl and Rust.
[@19:06] - The benefits of rewriting software, particularly transitioning from C to Rust for improved memory safety.
[@34:19] - The ISRG’s ambition to make the Linux kernel memory-safe with Rust.
[@37:27] - Can Zig potentially be a competitor to Rust?
[@39:41] - Closing thoughts.
Credits
Intro Theme: Aerocity
Audio Editing: Plangora
Hosting Infrastructure: Jon Gjengset
Show Notes: Plangora
Hosts: Allen Wyma
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