On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 10:47:17AM +0100, Patrick Kristiansen wrote: [cut]
> > I would like to get more information about doing application programming > for an OS like OpenBSD. I understand that if you program your > applications in C, you have readily available pledge/unveil, etc. But > many applications are written in higher-level languages, and in my case > at least, it seems to be nearly impossible to write a secure application > without changing to C or some other language that can easily use > OpenBSD's system calls. And for a mediocre programmer, or just an > inexperienced one, it exposes you to a whole host of other problems that > can lead to worse security and quality. > Some "high-level" languages have support for some of the OpenBSD-specific syscalls. For instance, golang has had native support for pledge(2) and unveil(2) for a while now. I don't know if the source is authoritative and I am not related to the author in any way, but there is also a list of which languages support those syscalls at: https://gist.github.com/ligurio/f6114bd1df371047dd80ea9b8a55c104 note that in some cases the support is available from third-parties modules. HTH
