https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-pdf-converter

Qubes component: app-linux-pdf-converter
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-pdf-converter

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Qubes component: app-linux-pdf-converter

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-pdf-converter
• Owner: QubesOS
• Created: 2015-02-11T01:27:26.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2023-12-27T01:59:38.000Z (9 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-14T00:21:39.190Z (6 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 358 KB
• Stars: 47
• Watchers: 9
• Forks: 26
• Open Issues: 2
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  • Readme: README.md

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README

        
Qubes PDF Converter

====================

Qubes PDF Converter is a [Qubes OS](https://www.qubes-os.org) application that

uses DisposableVMs and Qubes' flexible qrexec (inter-VM communication)

infrastructure to securely convert untrusted PDF files into safe-to-view PDF

files.

This is done by using a DisposableVM to render each page of a PDF file into a

very simple representation (RGB bitmap) that (presumably) leaves no room for

malicious code. This representation is then sent back to the client qube which

then constructs an entirely new PDF file out of the received bitmaps.

For more details, please see the article in which this concept was originally

introduced:

Usage

------

    [user@domU ~]$ qvm-convert-pdf file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf

    :: Sending files to Disposable VMs...

     file1.pdf...done

     file2.pdf...fail

     file3.pdf...done

    Total Sanitized Files: 2/3

Authors

---------

Original idea and implementation by Joanna Rutkowska. This application was

subsequently incorporated into [Qubes OS](https://qubes-os.org), and multiple

other developers have contributed various fixes and improvements (see the commit

log for details).