The Gramine Project

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  • Identification

    Gramine (formerly called Graphene) is a lightweight library OS, designed to run a single application with minimal host requirements. Gramine can run applications in an isolated environment with benefits comparable to running a complete OS in a virtual machine -- including guest customization, ease of porting to different OSes, and process migration.

  • Prerequisites


    The project MUST achieve a silver level badge. [achieve_silver]

  • Project oversight


    The project MUST have a "bus factor" of 2 or more. (URL required) [bus_factor]

    Using the truck-factor tool: https://github.com/aserg-ufmg/Truck-Factor, we have a TF of 4 (at the time of 2/20/2024, commit 2cef387481ba47fff2df16b02fa49acf6fc1e94e).



    The project MUST have at least two unassociated significant contributors. (URL required) [contributors_unassociated]

  • Other


    The project MUST include a license statement in each source file. This MAY be done by including the following inside a comment near the beginning of each file: SPDX-License-Identifier: [SPDX license expression for project]. [license_per_file]

  • Public version-controlled source repository


    The project's source repository MUST use a common distributed version control software (e.g., git or mercurial). [repo_distributed]

    https://github.com/gramineproject/gramine -- Repository on GitHub, which uses git. git is distributed.



    The project MUST clearly identify small tasks that can be performed by new or casual contributors. (URL required) [small_tasks]


    The project MUST require two-factor authentication (2FA) for developers for changing a central repository or accessing sensitive data (such as private vulnerability reports). This 2FA mechanism MAY use mechanisms without cryptographic mechanisms such as SMS, though that is not recommended. [require_2FA]


    The project's two-factor authentication (2FA) SHOULD use cryptographic mechanisms to prevent impersonation. Short Message Service (SMS) based 2FA, by itself, does NOT meet this criterion, since it is not encrypted. [secure_2FA]

  • Coding standards


    The project MUST document its code review requirements, including how code review is conducted, what must be checked, and what is required to be acceptable. (URL required) [code_review_standards]


    The project MUST have at least 50% of all proposed modifications reviewed before release by a person other than the author, to determine if it is a worthwhile modification and free of known issues which would argue against its inclusion [two_person_review]

  • Working build system


    The project MUST have a reproducible build. If no building occurs (e.g., scripting languages where the source code is used directly instead of being compiled), select "not applicable" (N/A). (URL required) [build_reproducible]

  • Automated test suite


    A test suite MUST be invocable in a standard way for that language. (URL required) [test_invocation]

    https://github.com/gramineproject/gramine/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst#running-regression-tests-by-hand describes how gramine-test works. Note that users can invoke tests via PyTest, but this is less convenient.



    The project MUST implement continuous integration, where new or changed code is frequently integrated into a central code repository and automated tests are run on the result. (URL required) [test_continuous_integration]

    The project MUST have FLOSS automated test suite(s) that provide at least 90% statement coverage if there is at least one FLOSS tool that can measure this criterion in the selected language. [test_statement_coverage90]


    The project MUST have FLOSS automated test suite(s) that provide at least 80% branch coverage if there is at least one FLOSS tool that can measure this criterion in the selected language. [test_branch_coverage80]

  • Use basic good cryptographic practices

    Note that some software does not need to use cryptographic mechanisms. If your project produces software that (1) includes, activates, or enables encryption functionality, and (2) might be released from the United States (US) to outside the US or to a non-US-citizen, you may be legally required to take a few extra steps. Typically this just involves sending an email. For more information, see the encryption section of Understanding Open Source Technology & US Export Controls.

    The software produced by the project MUST support secure protocols for all of its network communications, such as SSHv2 or later, TLS1.2 or later (HTTPS), IPsec, SFTP, and SNMPv3. Insecure protocols such as FTP, HTTP, telnet, SSLv3 or earlier, and SSHv1 MUST be disabled by default, and only enabled if the user specifically configures it. If the software produced by the project does not support network communications, select "not applicable" (N/A). [crypto_used_network]

    Gramine internally uses TLS-PSK 1.2 with AES-GCM 128 and SHA256 for Inter-Process Communication (IPC) when the application’s enclaves (parent, its children) communicate via pipes/sockets. Gramine provides RA-TLS shared lib that runs on top of Gramine, which integrates SGX RA with the establishment of the standard TLS secure channel protocol. The main difference from normal TLS lib is in the X.509 cert and TLS handshake verification. The use of TLS (e.g., versions, configurations) is application specific and is out of scope for the project.



    The software produced by the project MUST, if it supports or uses TLS, support at least TLS version 1.2. Note that the predecessor of TLS was called SSL. If the software does not use TLS, select "not applicable" (N/A). [crypto_tls12]

    Gramine internally uses TLS-PSK 1.2 with AES-GCM 128 and SHA256 for Inter-Process Communication (IPC) when the application’s enclaves (parent, its children) communicate via pipes/sockets. Gramine provides RA-TLS shared lib that runs on top of Gramine, which integrates SGX RA with the establishment of the standard TLS secure channel protocol. The main difference from normal TLS lib is in the X.509 cert and TLS handshake verification. The use of TLS (e.g., versions, configurations) is application specific and is out of scope for the project.


  • Secured delivery against man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks


    The project website, repository (if accessible via the web), and download site (if separate) MUST include key hardening headers with nonpermissive values. (URL required) [hardened_site]

    Found all required security hardening headers.

    Warning: URL required, but no URL found.


  • Other security issues


    The project MUST have performed a security review within the last 5 years. This review MUST consider the security requirements and security boundary. [security_review]


    Hardening mechanisms MUST be used in the software produced by the project so that software defects are less likely to result in security vulnerabilities. (URL required) [hardening]

    Gramine is built with stack-protector where supported.

    Warning: URL required, but no URL found.


  • Dynamic code analysis


    The project MUST apply at least one dynamic analysis tool to any proposed major production release of the software produced by the project before its release. [dynamic_analysis]

    We run with sanitizers (ASAN, UBSAN) enabled for every commit and conduct syzkaller-based fuzzing regularly.



    The project SHOULD include many run-time assertions in the software it produces and check those assertions during dynamic analysis. [dynamic_analysis_enable_assertions]

    Assertions are enabled during test builds. There are many assertions in the code that are checked by this. We also run with sanitizers (ASAN, UBSAN) enabled for every commit and conduct syzkaller-based fuzzing regularly.



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Entry created on 2024-02-06 05:49:25 UTC, last updated on 2024-07-15 23:48:27 UTC. Last achieved passing badge on 2024-02-06 08:05:25 UTC.

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