Using '$' is easy to misuse in shell scripts, shell commands etc. After
all this years, lets abandon this dangerous character and move to
something safer: '@'. The choice was made after reviewing specifications
of various shells on different operating systems and this is the
character that have no special meaning in none of them.
To preserve compatibility, automatically translate '$' to '@' when
loading policy files.
Provide original target as two arguments: type, value
This will ease handling special keywords without risking hitting shell
special characters or other problems.
Rely on qrexec-client resolving QUBESRPC keyword, same as in case of VM
call. This will allow applying special treatment to such calls, like
calling qubes-rpc-multiplexer directly (avoiding shell), because we have
defined protocol what can be used here.
All policy keywords needs to be expanded before sending it to
confirmation dialog. $dispvm was already handled, but $adminvm was
missing
FixesQubesOS/qubes-issues#3283
This will make analyzing the policy code slightly easier. While it makes
verify_special_value function more complex, other places are much
simpler now.
'dispvm_allowed' name was confusing, because it suggested being able to
spawn new DispVMs, not being a template for DispVM.
FixesQubesOS/qubes-issues#3047
Add public Admin API call to create Disposable VM that would be
automatically destroyed after shutdown. Do not keep this functionality
for qrexec-policy tool only.
Also, use admin.vm.Start there, instead of internal.vm.Start and
admin.vm.Kill instead of internal.vm.CleanupDispVM (this is enough,
because DispVM now have auto_cleanup property).
QubesOS/qubes-issues#2974
When rule does not specify forced target (`target=...`), generic
`$dispvm` wasn't resolved to specific Disposable VM (based on
`default_dispvm` property).
This socket (and commands) are not exposed to untrusted input, so no
need to extensive sanitization. Also, there is no need to provide a
stable API here, as those methods are used internally only.
QubesOS/qubes-issues#853
This is rewritten version of core-admin-linux/qrexec/qrexec-policy.
It's placed outside of `qubes` module on purpose - to avoid imporing it,
which require a lot of time.
QubesOS/qubes-issues#865QubesOS/qubes-issues#910
