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Jan 12, 2024 40 min

Prossimo with Josh Aas

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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. 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: [email protected] 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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