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Minimus container images are now free

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Re: Minimus container images are now free

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I have no idea what the heck is this, maybe it’s a great product but a very poor website in telling what I am getting into, is this better than the usual containers? How? Supported platforms? Can I run it on arm? The usuals

yes all the images have ARM64 versions as well as x86_64

Re: Minimus container images are now free

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Asking the very obvious question (as it's not apparent from the website): Why would I use this over DHI (Docker Hardened Images) or Chainguard Images, both of which also have a set of free hardened images?

1. These are all >1200 of our images, including FIPS, and all versions… others gate many of their images 2. These are all built continuously from upstream source on a distroless base… this makes a significant difference in attack surface and CVE count re DHI images and you can easily check our word with a few scans 3. These are truly free… no auth wall, no signup, no trial, no limit on numbers of images or pulls or a…

how can one be sure you don't do rugpull in the future?

Re: Minimus container images are now free

#36
post #28

I have no idea what the heck is this, maybe it’s a great product but a very poor website in telling what I am getting into, is this better than the usual containers? How? Supported platforms? Can I run it on arm? The usuals

It’s a library of near 0 CVE images available to use for free. Think Docker Hub, just without vulnerabilities.

They’re all normal, OCI compliant images. You can pull them, run them, and build on them like you would any other image.

arm64 and amd64 builds for everything

Re: Minimus container images are now free

#37
post #28

I have no idea what the heck is this, maybe it’s a great product but a very poor website in telling what I am getting into, is this better than the usual containers? How? Supported platforms? Can I run it on arm? The usuals

It’s a library of near 0 CVE images available to use for free. Think Docker Hub, just without vulnerabilities. They’re all normal, OCI compliant images. You can pull them, run them, and build on them like you would any other image. arm64 and amd64 builds for everything

> just without vulnerabilities

You surely mean "without known and reported vulnerabilities". I doubt you're proactively fixing the world across thousands of software packages /s

Re: Minimus container images are now free

#38
post #28

I have no idea what the heck is this, maybe it’s a great product but a very poor website in telling what I am getting into, is this better than the usual containers? How? Supported platforms? Can I run it on arm? The usuals

Minimus images support both amd64 and arm64. When you run the docker pull command, it will automatically pull the correct architecture for your system.

You can also review the different SBOMs for the amd64 and arm64 images, for example - https://images.minimus.io/gallery/images/python-fips/lines/3...

Re: Minimus container images are now free

#39

I truly don't get this. What is the security policy here? Why should I trust images built by minimus.io? How do I know they don't contain malicious software? What's the point?

We build all these images directly from upstream source across thousands of projects and assemble them into standard OCI images for you. We do this continuously, every time there are new versions released upstream.

The point is that you can just use these images instead of what you already have and reduce your vulnerabilities by 97%+ on average.

Think Docker Hub, just without the vulnerabilities.

Re: Minimus container images are now free

#40

I truly don't get this. What is the security policy here? Why should I trust images built by minimus.io? How do I know they don't contain malicious software? What's the point?

We build all these images directly from upstream source across thousands of projects and assemble them into standard OCI images for you. We do this continuously, every time there are new versions released upstream. The point is that you can just use these images instead of what you already have and reduce your vulnerabilities by 97%+ on average. Think Docker Hub, just without the vulnerabilities.

Pinky promise? How do you prove that what I download from you is actually what you promise you've build (and that SBOM is right)? Is this certified with some digital signature?

From my threat attack model, you're just yet another liability - one single service to hack all your "safe" images.

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