Just to support Chris, this is going to be a big deal. The us govt. client that I have will most likely track whatever the govt decides. I realize it's hard to speculate on something you can't see as well. I think that this is something like x86 support, it's something to watch.
Wally > From: j...@xamarin.com > Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:14:32 -0500 > To: monodroid@lists.ximian.com > Subject: Re: [mono-android] Android SE > > Personally, I'm not tracking Android SE, but that doesn't mean no one is... > > The simple thing to do would be to try-it-and-see, assuming that there's an > Android SE installation to try. ;-) > > In the meantime, the primary question is this: does it support JITs and > read+execute memory? Or is it a W^X environment like iOS? If it allows JITs, > it might work. Otherwise, we'd need a pre-AOT phase like MonoTouch provides > in order to execute, and that's assuming they permit native code execution in > the first place. > > Then there's the framework question. How much of the "application frameworks" > is different? Does android.jar exist and/or provide the same API? Depending > on their changes, it's entirely plausible that no existing Android apps will > work, never mind Mono for Android apps, if they drastically change > android.jar for security purposes... > > - Jon > > On Feb 14, 2012, at 4:49 PM, chris@Terrago wrote: > > I have recently run across some information on an adaptation of the android > > OS based on SE Linux called Android SE (Secure Edition) > > http://selinuxproject.org/page/SEAndroid here is a link . Although it > > appears to still be in a somewhat experimental stage, there seems to be some > > support for the idea that this may be the OS that various government bodies > > adopt as the standard for their Android devices. In a presentation given at > > the 2011 Linux Security Summit the author states that "Almost everything > > above the kernel is different - Dalvik VM, application frameworks ... ". > > Based on this statement and the fact that the > > http://www.mono-project.com/FAQ:_Technical mono project FAQ states that > > there are problems with some applications under Fedora Core 5 when SELinux > > is turned on, I am assuming that there is little chance that monodroid will > > support Android SE in the near term. My question is: is that assumption > > correct? If so, is anyone on the team tracking the progress of SELinux > > and/or Android SE or planning to support it in the future? Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://mono-for-android.1047100.n5.nabble.com/Android-SE-tp5484045p5484045.html > > Sent from the Mono for Android mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > > Monodroid mailing list > > Monodroid@lists.ximian.com > > > > UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid > > _______________________________________________ > Monodroid mailing list > Monodroid@lists.ximian.com > > UNSUBSCRIBE INFORMATION: > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/monodroid
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