build usb-vm and net-vm using openbsd?

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ludwig jaffe

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Nov 8, 2017, 3:37:19 PM11/8/17
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Hi, I saw that the linux kernel has some flaws (http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/11/06/8) in the usb stack, so I am
thinking about security against common errors, I would suggest to use
OpenBSD as USB-VM. Maybe, as Net-VM one could use open-bsd.
But how to integrate open-bsd with qubes and the virtual network inside qubes?

Has anyone tried such?

Cheers

Ludwig

Jean-Philippe Ouellet

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Nov 8, 2017, 11:30:23 PM11/8/17
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Yes, I looked into this some time last year and plan to return to work
on it one day. I was an OpenBSD person before I came to Qubes.

Several things need to happen first before any meaningful Qubes
integration can be done though. First would be a vchan driver.

Don't expect anything soon... unless perhaps you're willing to fund such work?

blacklight

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Nov 9, 2017, 6:29:55 AM11/9/17
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would a specialised unikernel for usb operations make sense for this?

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