Blog posts tagged
“confinement”

4 posts

Igor Ljubuncic
24 June 2022

The new classic confinement in snaps – Even the classics need a change

Article Ubuntu

As part of their fundamental, security-driven design, snaps are meant to run isolated from the underlying system. In most cases, the idea works well, and granular access to system resources using the mechanism of interfaces allows snap developers to ship their applications packaged with strict confinement. However,...

Igor Ljubuncic
24 June 2022

Igor Ljubuncic
4 June 2021

The magic behind snap interfaces

Article Ubuntu

Snaps are confined, self-contained applications, designed with portability and security in mind. By default, strictly confined snaps run in isolation, with minimal access to system resources. For instance, they cannot access home, network, audio, or display. To make their snaps usable, developers and publishers can...

Igor Ljubuncic
4 June 2021

Igor Ljubuncic
6 June 2019

Snapcraft confinement & interfaces

Article Desktop

Snaps. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the OSS Snapcraft. Its continuing mission, to provide snap users with simple, clear and effective tips and tricks on how to build and publish their applications. In this tutorial, we are going to talk about confinement and interfaces – how to restrict what your snaps can

Igor Ljubuncic
6 June 2019

Igor Ljubuncic
16 May 2019

Introduction to snapcraft

Article Desktop

First steps are always hard, especially in technology. Most of the time, you need a primer, just the right dose of knowledge, to get started with a platform. This tutorial and upcoming sequels are designed to provide developers with simple, clear and effective tips and tricks on how to build and publish their applications as

Igor Ljubuncic
16 May 2019