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Adds RFC 0013, which proposes running OpenShell natively on Windows 11 (x64 and ARM64) without a Linux VM, Docker Desktop, or WSL. The proposal introduces a new openshell-driver-mxc compute driver built on Microsoft Execution Containers (MXC / wxc-exec) and relocates OpenShell's value layers (egress policy, L7 inspection, inference and privacy routing) to a host-side CONNECT proxy, avoiding any in-sandbox supervisor on Windows.

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Refs #2050

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  • Add rfc/0013-native-windows-mxc/README.md (RFC 0013, state: review).
  • Proposes the in-process, supervisor-free openshell-driver-mxc compute driver backed by wxc-exec.
  • Documents the four-layer Windows architecture: gateway as a Windows Service, in-process MXC driver, host CONNECT proxy, and the unmodified wxc-exec binary.
  • Specifies OpenShell-policy to MXC config translation with a fail-safe (always block, never silently broaden) mapper, plus design decisions D1-D4, risks, and alternatives.

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  • Architecture docs updated (if applicable) - N/A (RFC proposal; no code or architecture-doc changes yet)

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docs(rfc): add RFC 0013 native Windows support via MXC
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Propose native Windows 11 support through a build-only MSVC lane and a new
in-process, supervisor-free MXC compute driver, with host-side governed egress
and an OpenShell to MXC policy-translation seam.
Refs: NVIDIA#2050
Signed-off-by: Shailendra Singh <shailendras@nvidia.com>
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docs(rfc): address native Windows MXC review feedback
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Signed-off-by: Shailendra Singh <shailendras@nvidia.com>
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docs(rfc): update governed egress proxy topology
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