Karlston Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Sandboxie's Source Code has been released Sophos, the company that acquired the Sandboxie sandboxing software and technology from Invincea in 2017, has released the source code of the application to the public. Sandboxie, which was created by Ronan Tzur, was first released as a tool to sandbox Microsoft's Internet Explorer back in 2004. The program's functionality was expanded over the years so that Windows users could use it to sandbox all Windows applications. Sophos turned Sandboxie into a freeware application in 2019 and promised that it would release the source code of the application later. The time has come and Sandboxie's code is now available for download. Interested users may download it from the official website here. Sophos published a FAQ that answers some of the questions that existing and new users of Sandboxie may have. The company notes that it in communication with "members of the community" to make Sandboxie available "through an open source project to the community". The latest version of Sandboxie that Sophos has created is Sandboxie 5.33.3 for Windows 7, 8.1, and 10. All features reserved for commercial versions of Sandboxie have been made available in that release; in other words, Sandboxie has been turned into a freeware. The source code version is 5.40 according to the filename. Updates, e.g. bug fixes or improvements, need to be made through the community or other parties that use the code to continue development. Sophos plans to shut down the license server on June 1st, 2020 and the Sandboxie community forum on the same day. The company will keep the website open at that time but has plans to close the website (and thus the official download of Sandboxie) in Fall 2020. By then, it is necessary that the community has taken over the project (on a different site). Instructions on compiling the source are provided. Sophos notes that Sandboxie's driver needs to be signed and that Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 is required to compile the code. Closing Words I'd would be great if community members would create a development team to maintain Sandboxie and release new versions of the sandboxing software. Tip: How to use Sandboxie for browsing, downloading and installing programs Source: Sandboxie's Source Code has been released (gHacks - Martin Brinkmann) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankl1n Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 It is now time to place SBIE in the desk door with all the other softs I once found essential. Source code will now be used to undermine SBIE ; to find ways around its protection...IMHO at least. Or am I wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 3 minutes ago, frankl1n said: Or am I wrong? Possibly Also means more developers to fix existing and future security and other issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankl1n Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Karlston said: Possibly Also means more developers to fix existing and future security and other issues. what? me wromng? hehe yea up til know if there were any security issues they were a moot point cuz only a few knew, thats gonna change, and what is historically true is that when most people are given the choice to do whats right or to exploit, most will choose the latter....IMHO that is. na na na na hey hey goodbye...SBIE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 I think Sophos did a good thing. Rather than shelving the project. They decide to release it for the developer community to run with the ball. Sandboxie is a popular I am sure there wouldn't be a shortage of people wanting to keep it going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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