03/11/12 09:55, intrigeri wrote: >> Next I'd like to announce that the automated test suite, in its >> current unfinished state, actually has found its very first Tails >> bug. [...] In other words, our firewall leaks link-local IPv6 >> broadcasts even though it should block everything IPv6 (right?). > > Ouch. > > WAN hat on: please report it (ticket + email) separately so that it > does not get lost in the middle of this "report on the automated test > suite" thread.
For the ticket, see todo/really_block_ipv6. >> I'd like to present the last two with a bit more depth and hear your >> opinions, especially w.r.t. the fact that they alter Tails or "cheat" in >> the testing process, so I wonder how "ethical" they are in the context >> of test-driven development. > >> Running arbitrary commands inside the guest VM >> ============================================== > >> This is very valuable as it makes many tests that would be truly >> awkward to do with sikuli into something trivial. libvirt doesn't >> seem to have something like VirtualBox' `vboxmanage guestcontrol >> execute` (provided by the VirtualBox guest additions), so >> I implemented a simple remote shell (read: a backdoor (listening on >> port 1337 + firewall exception) so expect havoc on the Tails forum!) >> that starts on the guest when the boot parameter >> "autotest_never_use_me" is present on the kernel cmdline. > > "autotest_never_use_me" looks to me like "(speaking to) autotest: > never use me". What about "backdoor_for_autotest"? I'm not sure I want to mention the word "backdoor". Sure, I do it in the remote shell server script, but then it's mentioned in a context where sane people should have no reason to be worried. Makes sense? Other naming suggestions? >> Saving/restoring VM snapshots >> ============================= >> [...] > > For both features, to reply on the 'how "ethical" they are in the > context of test-driven development' topic, I'd need a concrete example > of how this would be used in practice. I'm sure there are specific/concrete situations where this is not a good idea. I was more interested if you saw any fundamental flaws with this approach since it's a step away from black box testing (same applies to the remote shell). Cheers! _______________________________________________ tails-dev mailing list tails-dev@boum.org https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-dev
