REQ 043

REQ-043: Independent serial-file status channel

Requirement

The Windows guest bootstrap shall report non-secret attempt and boot-witness status to the host through a VirtualBox serial-port-to-file channel independent of WinRM.

Rationale

A failed WinRM configuration must not also eliminate the only available status path.

Fit Criterion

The host provisions a protected serial file before guest start and reads schema-valid guest records from that file without WinRM. A missing, inaccessible, malformed, or incomplete channel yields unknown and non-success, not a synthesized success.

Verification

Planned, TEST-043; serial delivery and guest COM access require feasibility and live proof.

Source

Software-Requirements-Specification

Priority

High

TestID

TEST-043

TestArtifact

Planned serial and custody fixtures plus live feasibility

CodeRef

vm/windows-labview/build-virtualbox.sh, guest bootstrap

Status

Planned