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On 19/12/2018 6.37 PM, unman wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 11:06:25PM +0000, mossy wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I was looking to see if I could update an offline standalone VM, by
>> appending a line to `etc/qubes-rpc/policy/qubes.UpdatesProxy` and I now
>> have some questions.
>>
>> First, I noticed the lines:
>>
>> ~~~
>> # Default rule for all TemplateVMs - direct the connection to sys-net
>> $type:TemplateVM $default allow,target=sys-net
>> ~~~
>>
>> Q1) Is this correct?  Shouldn't updates be directed to sys-firewall
>> instead of sys-net?  Are all of our templates exposed to (untrusted)
>> sys-net?
>>
>> Hopefully I am wrong about this, but either way I'd appreciate if
>> someone could explain...
>> [...]
> 
> Q1. Yes, the default is to use sys-net. You can change this if you wish.
> (I do)
> The update proxy has always been set to sys-net by default.
> The proxy used to filter traffic, but no longer does so. Again, I change
> this behaviour.
> [...]

What do you change it to? sys-firewall?

Why do you change it? Do you see some security risk with using sys-net?
If so, should we file a bug report to have this changed by default?

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Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org

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