Live Labs Web Sandbox: Securing Mash-ups, Site Extensibility, and Gadgets | pdc2008

Aggregating third-party capabilities and services drives Web 2.0 innovation. Developers must make trade-offs in quality of service and security to achieve rich and personalized experiences. The trade-offs threaten not only future innovation, but also existing experiences, business models, and everything that relies on mashing up data and/or functionality. Understanding and mitigating this risk is essential for all web applications. We present a prototype of an open technology for mashing up code while maintaining better process isolation, quality of service protection, and security. This will foster more efficient cross-browser development, increased mash-up innovation, and new third-party extensibility models. Join us as we discuss and showcase the architecture and invite you to get involved.

Scott Isaacs
Dragos Manolescu
Dragos Manolescu is Senior Program Manager at Microsoft Live Labs, a confederation of engineers and scientists working on advancing the state-of-the-art in Internet products and technology. Most recently he's been interested in web programming, social media, Web 2.0 and cloud computing. Prior to joining Microsoft Dragos worked in consulting, start-ups, as well as academia. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.

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Is anybody following this site and attending PDC in L.A. interested in taking a closer look at the Web Sandbox? Scott and I are avilable for doing a deep dive. Look for us (mug shots here) in the Expo area on Tuesday, 10/28 at 3PM, around one of the whiteboards. We look forward to seeing you.

-Dragos