-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-07-28 18:42, epicd...@gmail.com wrote: > A fileVM would be a mountable filesystem that 2 or more AppVMs can share. > > A fileVM could be a normal partition like MSDOS/FAT32, an encrypted > filesystem, or even a distributed or cloud filesystem. > > There are numerous uses for this, for example, installing Dropbox on a > Linux AppVM and sharing the dropbox folder with a Windows AppVM that has > Microsoft Office installed so you can edit docx files. You would create one > DOS/FAT32 partition that would be attached to both the Linux and Windows > AppVM. Currently you would have to install dropbox on both the Windows and > Linux AppVMs doubling storage requirements. > > As long as the two AppVMs share the same risk tolerance there doesn't seem > to be any reason not to allow this in my mind? > > The current system of having to manually transfer individual files from > one AppVM to another is a productivity bottleneck and to many makes > QubesOS undesirable as a primary OS. > > I understand there are many reasons to enforce the manual transfer in > certain AppVM domains depending upon their nature, and this should be the > default, but we also need a way to intelligently share large amounts of > files between AppVMs in the same security domain. >
If there's such a great need to be constantly transferring files back and forth between two or more domains, then that suggests that they shouldn't actually be separate security domains in the first place, doesn't it? An exception to this would be VMs that are separate VMs not because they are distinct security domains, but for other reasons. For example, you have a Windows domain and a Linux domain, and you have to test things using the same files in both VMs. You regard them as a single security domain, but of course they must exist as separate VMs. So, I can see this as being useful for the latter type of purpose. However, that's a more advanced usage of Qubes aimed not at regular users but perhaps as developers. Just a thought. - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXm5T8AAoJENtN07w5UDAwV2IP/2ADsbDhIRSbQiPtoI3ocBI7 HqnCU7gQuYRrK/CDlsD4hxYz7K9uApZKdrAeC7t3r6h1T/Rf+XX2v/ttcNHroj2S GAeDKyrwiY423cOjcES/3PtUd5yPLeJXpOfXZNh87xUDKOLEaJE7KPfa1Ep6YvUR GLGd3ofAi3I9vtsKU/kEeApFYpI2nSE+izzTjIw4AerYyfAcmG+ZJyIr11XFcqmz AG51AITrSTEUfxzRrKnOXnXy9Ic2BvRtvMibA6zUDPyvruG9f/ws9z+v1tHg62vn ETO5ptcjXnC2QRlWldsCVM2auUmNKFlhdw9lys3Qfzm/BBxqBytzHYnfcCW6cOYK HbhE2L2ZgztLiYpBNi8nWIkiV5aBn3GHk3+FiBJOA2TYQahNnDphAgPoTeb3qQIP 8v3Y7TT89Xf1jgQ8c34Fm40bFyynoerp7aPY8/KprZm37mucvjZXHUi6SbH+4mWp mvcGQv1bcWpHKNiVhlZqrZyzUUB3Jbn6a4tZLEvxTgSyUbOpWFYxUm8DDm/yrpcr RdnBoI+t4bcRgqxEqUvrVq2rI0imO8D/I+hvYtx2CX1O9FKeuB9b/Pa45x9TrYd3 06+j6L1EKla1pHp6nYWi/NIY8h5KZBc2wpQD8ZM/ShqLfxaRqr29LqN8y2eYz8Ad zjrch+uQz3UnJ3i+owxP =CQhd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/3fe93bc6-23f2-119a-c2e6-16e2e09e2e70%40qubes-os.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
