No restrictions on Sandboxie use - Sophos

[sman]

https://www.sandboxie.com/

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING SANDBOXIE VERSIONS

 

Sophos is excited to announce that we are making Sandboxie a free tool, with plans to transition it to an open source tool.

This new evolution of Sandboxie is one we are enthusiastic about, but that does not mean this was an easy decision to make. Sandboxie has never been a significant component of Sophos’ business, and we have been exploring options for its future for a while.

Frankly, the easiest and least costly decision for Sophos would have been to simply end of life Sandboxie. However, we love the technology too much to see it fade away. More importantly, we love the Sandboxie community too much to do that. The Sandboxie user base represents some of the most passionate, forward thinking, and knowledgeable members of the security community and we didn’t want to let you down.

After thoughtful consideration we decided that the best way to keep Sandboxie going was to give it back to its users – transitioning it to an open source tool. We will release more information about the open source project as we continue to work on the details.

Until the open source transition is completed we have decided to make all restricted features of Sandboxie completely free.

 

[exile360]

Wow, that's awesome!  I can't wait to see what comes of this in the future.  Tech like that in the hands of the open source community could lead to some very interesting (not to mention, POWERFUL) security tools and platforms in the future.

[sman]

Sandboxie becomes freeware, soon-to-be open source

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2019/09/13/sandboxie-windows-sandbox/

Comments on the announcement were both positive and negative.

Some say that this might be the end of Sandboxie because not a lot of developers will choose aid in its development for free. Others have more faith in the open source community, have welcomed Sophos’ decision and hoped that the company will complete the shift to open source soon.

They also pointed out that the code, once open source, might go on to be integrated in other software and “knowledge won’t be lost.”

 

 

 

 

[sman]

It's worth mentioning that starting with the Windows 10 May 2019 Update (version 1903), Microsoft is providing a built in sandbox isolation program. Directions on how to enable the Windows 10 Sandbox for Pro and Enterprise versions are here

 

, directions to enable Windows Sandbox in the Home edition of Windows 10 are here

 

https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/sandboxie-released-freeware-soon-be-open-source.htm.