Google was a bit slow in the beginning getting its Chrome browser ready for Linux. That's now changing as Google is now set to take advantage of an advanced Linux kernel feature that could well make Chrome on Linux more secure than any other OS.. Chrome 23 dev-channel now takes advantage of the Seccomp-BPF feature that debuted in the recent Linux 3.5 kernel. "Seccomp filtering provides a means for a process to specify a filter for incoming system calls," kernel develop Will Drewry wrote in a mailing list message. The link for this article located at Internet News is no longer available. . Explore the ways in which Chrome utilizes Seccomp-BPF to strengthen security measures on Linux with its newest enhancements.. Chrome Security, Seccomp BPF, Linux Kernel Features. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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