Add FAQ about sandboxing. Minor fixes.

author: Mike Pall <mike> 2020-07-12 15:09:55 +0200
committer: Mike Pall <mike> 2020-07-12 15:09:55 +0200
commit: 7eb96843ff9d4bed019e8cd7c17727557e39e89c (patch)
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diff --git a/doc/extensions.html b/doc/extensions.html
index b36e2855..0fc65330 100644
--- a/doc/extensions.html
+++ b/doc/extensions.html
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ the toolchain used to compile LuaJIT:
 </tr>
 <tr class="odd">
 <td class="excplatform">Windows/x64</td>
-<td class="exccompiler">MSVC or WinSDK</td>
+<td class="exccompiler">MSVC</td>
 <td class="excinterop"><b style="color: #00a000;">Full</b></td>
 </tr>
 <tr class="even">
diff --git a/doc/faq.html b/doc/faq.html
index 6208882b..65b0d842 100644
--- a/doc/faq.html
+++ b/doc/faq.html
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ dd { margin-left: 1.5em; }
 </li></ul>
 </div>
 <div id="main">
-<dl>
+<dl id="info">
 <dt>Q: Where can I learn more about LuaJIT and Lua?</dt>
 <dd>
 <ul style="padding: 0;">
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ has information about diverse topics.</li>
 </ul>
 </dl>
-<dl>
+<dl id="tech">
 <dt>Q: Where can I learn more about the compiler technology used by LuaJIT?</dt>
 <dd>
 I'm planning to write more documentation about the internals of LuaJIT.
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ And, you know, reading the source is of course the only way to enlightenment. :-
 </dd>
 </dl>
-<dl>
+<dl id="arg">
 <dt>Q: Why do I get this error: "attempt to index global 'arg' (a nil value)"?<br>
 Q: My vararg functions fail after switching to LuaJIT!</dt>
 <dd>LuaJIT is compatible to the Lua 5.1 language standard. It doesn't
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ functions from Lua 5.0.<br>Please convert your code to the
 vararg syntax</a>.</dd>
 </dl>
-<dl>
+<dl id="x87">
 <dt>Q: Why do I get this error: "bad FPU precision"?<br>
 <dt>Q: I get weird behavior after initializing Direct3D.<br>
 <dt>Q: Some FPU operations crash after I load a Delphi DLL.<br>
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ Please check the Delphi docs for the Set8087CW method.
 </dl>
-<dl>
+<dl id="ctrlc">
 <dt>Q: Sometimes Ctrl-C fails to stop my Lua program. Why?</dt>
 <dd>The interrupt signal handler sets a Lua debug hook. But this is
 currently ignored by compiled code (this will eventually be fixed). If
@@ -134,7 +134,31 @@ twice to get stop your program. That's similar to when it's stuck
 running inside a C function under the Lua interpreter.</dd>
 </dl>
-<dl>
+<dl id="sandbox">
+<dt>Q: Can Lua code be safely sandboxed?</dt>
+<dd>
+Maybe for an extremly restricted subset of Lua and if you relentlessly
+scrutinize every single interface function you offer to the untrusted code.<br>
+Although Lua provides some sandboxing functionality (<tt>setfenv()</tt>, hooks),
+it's very hard to get this right even for the Lua core libraries. Of course,
+you'll need to inspect any extension library, too. And there are libraries
+that are inherently unsafe, e.g. the <a href="ext_ffi.html">FFI library</a>.<br>
+Relatedly, <b>loading untrusted bytecode is not safe!</b> It's trivial
+to crash the Lua or LuaJIT VM with maliciously crafted bytecode. This is
+well known and there's no bytecode verification on purpose, so please
+don't report a bug about it. Check the <tt>mode</tt> parameter for the
+<tt>load*()</tt> functions to disable loading of bytecode.<br>
+In general, the only promising approach is to sandbox Lua code at the
+process level and not the VM level.<br>
+More reading material at the <a href="http://lua-users.org/wiki/SandBoxes"><span class="ext">&raquo;</span>&nbsp;Lua Wiki</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbox_(computer_security)">Wikipedia</a>.
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl id="patches">
 <dt>Q: Why doesn't my favorite power-patch for Lua apply against LuaJIT?</dt>
 <dd>Because it's a completely redesigned VM and has very little code
 in common with Lua anymore. Also, if the patch introduces changes to
@@ -145,7 +169,7 @@ can use source transformations or use wrapper or proxy functions.
 The compiler will happily optimize away such indirections.</dd>
 </dl>
-<dl>
+<dl id="arch">
 <dt>Q: Lua runs everywhere. Why doesn't LuaJIT support my CPU?</dt>
 <dd>Because it's a compiler &mdash; it needs to generate native
 machine code. This means the code generator must be ported to each
@@ -156,7 +180,7 @@ architectures. Other architectures will follow based on sufficient user
 demand and/or sponsoring.</dd>
 </dl>
-<dl>
+<dl id="when">
 <dt>Q: When will feature X be added? When will the next version be released?</dt>
 <dd>When it's ready.<br>
 C'mon, it's open source &mdash; I'm doing it on my own time and you're
author	Mike Pall <mike>	2020-07-12 15:09:55 +0200
committer	Mike Pall <mike>	2020-07-12 15:09:55 +0200
commit	7eb96843ff9d4bed019e8cd7c17727557e39e89c (patch)
tree	14b220ce0928164a8c25e79c205fb61369bbc98b
parent	53f82e6e2e858a0a62fd1a2ff47e9866693382e6 (diff)
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