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Barco: Linux Containers from Scratch in C

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Re: Barco: Linux Containers from Scratch in C

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

barco really just means "hay barrack" in my native language ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It means 'watercraft' or 'sea worthy ship' in Spanish, too. :) In what language does it mean 'hay barrack'?

Indeed the wiki yields no matches

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/barco

Re: Barco: Linux Containers from Scratch in C

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still think it is tangential. The author stated that they wrote this project to learn. The readme says that it is not intended for production use and that there is no networking set up in the containers. With that context, I doubt that name collisions outside of the containers space are top of mind.

barco really just means "hay barrack" in my native language ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

'Boat' in mine

Re: Barco: Linux Containers from Scratch in C

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post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GP was asking if it could cause an issue for the OP, not complaining about an annoyance. It's something that the OP may want to address.

I still think it is tangential. The author stated that they wrote this project to learn. The readme says that it is not intended for production use and that there is no networking set up in the containers. With that context, I doubt that name collisions outside of the containers space are top of mind.

If it was my project, I would want to know about a possible name collision. Saying it once seems fine.

Re: Barco: Linux Containers from Scratch in C

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post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still think it is tangential. The author stated that they wrote this project to learn. The readme says that it is not intended for production use and that there is no networking set up in the containers. With that context, I doubt that name collisions outside of the containers space are top of mind.

barco really just means "hay barrack" in my native language ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Venetian: https://vec.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barco

Re: Barco: Linux Containers from Scratch in C

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post #25

Question: for sandboxing untrusted code, should I invest time in learning more linux container stuff or switch to learning WASI? I am inclined towards WASI myself.

I have more faith in WASI. Linux containers is inherently in a whack-a-mole position where they're trying to retrofit security onto something that was never built for it, which very rarely works.

Re: Barco: Linux Containers from Scratch in C

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post #27

barco is a project I worked on to learn more about Linux containers and the Linux kernel, based on other guides on the internet.

How did you come up with the name "Barco"?

docker has to do with ships and barco means ship.
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