AssilOS is a hobby/educational project. Security updates are provided on a best-effort basis.
| Version | Supported |
|---|---|
| Latest (main branch) | ✅ |
| Older versions | ❌ |
If you discover a security issue in AssilOS, please:
- Do NOT open a public issue (to protect users)
- Email me directly at: assilassilkerr@gmail
- Include:
- A clear description of the issue
- Steps to reproduce (hardware/emulator, BIOS settings, etc.)
- Any potential impact
- I'll acknowledge your report within 48 hours
- I'll investigate and confirm the issue
- If valid, I'll work on a fix
- I'll credit you in the CHANGELOG (unless you prefer anonymity)
AssilOS runs in 16-bit real mode and has no:
- Memory protection
- Privilege separation
- Network stack
- Filesystem drivers
Treat it as a retro-computing experiment, not a production OS.
- Fixes will be pushed to the main branch
- Minor security notes will be added to CHANGELOG.md
- Critical fixes may warrant a new release tag
This security policy follows the GitHub Security Advisories guidelines.