Unify the TCP socket over Qrexec method - Githubissues

ben-grande / qusal

Salt Formulas for Qubes OS.

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Unify the TCP socket over Qrexec method #80

Closed ben-grande closed 1 week ago

ben-grande commented 1 week ago

Current problem (if any)

There are various ways a client connects:

qvm-connect-tcp
qrexec-client-vm systemd service with matching socket
socat executing qrexec-client-vm in systemd service

There are various ways a server is connected:

scoat with unix sockets
qusal.ConnectTCP, similar to old script qubes.ConnectTCP and the new functionality of it but allows remote hosts with socat
qusal.Ssh, qusal,Rsync, qusal.Syncthing etc, which are wrappers around qubes.ConnectTCP

The many methods brings confusion on what should be implemented.

Proposed solution

Decide the best method for each case.
Code only in allowed methods.
Document allowed methods.

The value to a user, and who that user might be

Clearly decide on the best method and follow a standard. Easier for developers to grasp the codebase and for users to build upon.

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