Shepherd with Spritely Goblins for Secure System Layer Collaboration

The GNU Shepherd is being ported to Spritely's Goblins object-capability security library. This talk will expound the project's vision, roadmap, and status.

Sharing the computational, memory, and storage resources of multiple distinct computers has been a goal in computer science for decades. The domain has seen entries from the OS level, such as plan9, up to application-level abstractions of all kinds. The Goblins Shepherd sits at the system layer, allowing secure collaboration across arbitrary network transport mechanisms while also providing greater security for machine-local collaboration. While the project is still in early days, its path forward is clear.