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Re:Qubes – Secure Desktop OS Using Security by Compartmental... by pjmlp on Thursday October 09, 2014 @07:26AM (#8431706)
Sandboxing, where each process is only allowed to use a precise set of system resources.

Any attempt to use anything else leads to termination.

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Re:Qubes – Secure Desktop OS Using Security by Compartmental... by Touche on Thursday October 09, 2014 @09:42AM (#8432259)
Which resources are they allowed to use? What defines which resources they are given?
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Re:Qubes – Secure Desktop OS Using Security by Compartmental... by pjmlp on Friday October 10, 2014 @02:46AM (#8436551)
> Which resources are they allowed to use?

The system administrator at installation time.

> What defines which resources they are given?

Applications just have a request list of what they require.

If the administrator doesn't allow them for the given application modules (executable, dynamic library, function call,...), bad luck.

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