Centralized Qubes Policy

[marmarek]

Reported by joanna on 2 Jun 2014 12:51 UTC
Should include:

• qrexec policy (including improvements tracked by Containers tags/attributes #865 -- tag-based rules)
• networking inter-VM policy
• Admin API policy (if not covered by qrexec policy), see Qubes Admin API #853
• Policy for specific Qubes applications (e.g. for magic MIME handlers)

Some properties we want:

• hashable (for remote attestation)
• easily backup'able
• easily decomposable into parts (?) (e.g. policy for containers tagged as "corporate" should be hashable separate from the policy applicable to other containers, e.g. personal).

Migrated-From: https://wiki.qubes-os.org/ticket/867

[jpouellet]

e.g. policy for containers tagged as "corporate" should be hashable separate from the policy applicable to other containers, e.g. personal

Is it a goal to enable a single qubes machine to both have policy enforced by a remote administrator and simultaneously be trustworthy for personal (private) use!?

[marmarek]

It's indeed tricky. But I think it's possible. The basic idea is "management VM can manage only VMs it created". This also applies to templates etc. Some more design documentation will be soon.

[jpouellet]

I think maybe this can be closed now?

[andrewdavidwong]

I think maybe this can be closed now?

My impression is that it may not be completely done yet, but I'm curious what @marmarek thinks.