Hi, > I also read again through http://genode.org/about/challenges and > http://genode.org/about/road-map. For me, one major goal appropriate > to tackle during the summer is block-device encryption and I want to > promote it hereby. To use Genode every day in Genode Labs it's crucial > to protect the confidentiality of some information that's part of the > Genode code base, e.g., emails and reports. There are several > expansion stages imaginable to reach the goal and the basic building > blocks (block-device interface, ATA/SATA driver for Qemu) are already > in place.
I agree that this topic is nice because it is almost self-contained (similar to the block cache topic suggested by Stefan). So it can be tackled without knowing many architectural details or even seeing the big picture. That said, I am uncertain about the motivation you gave. From a student's point of view, our needs at Genode Labs may not provide enough incentive to go for it. If I were a student, I would prefer working on a topic that is somehow related to my personal (or more general) needs. One way of making this topic more convincing may be to take block-level encryption just as a concrete example to work on, but define the topic in a more general way. For example "cryptography on Genode". By framing the topic this way, the student can explore many interesting technologies (e.g., random-number generators, OpenSSL, GnuTLS, SSH, GnuGPG) in the context of Genode. The implementation of the block encryption component would be merely a side effect. > BTW some of the challenges on our agenda (including iwlagn) depend on > the availability of test hardware. What do you think, does this render > these tasks inappropriate for GSoC? I would not rule them out. If there is someone who is highly interested in working on a sophisticated topic such as Intel Wireless support and already has a track record in working on similar things, we should try to accommodate him/her by providing test hardware. But for a student without a clear skill set, I would propose a topic that does not involve such additional expenses. I.e., a topic that can be carried out natively on Linux or on Qemu. Cheers Norman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Genode-main mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/genode-main
