On Sat, Jan 20, 2018 at 11:54:11AM +0000, Andrew Clausen wrote: > Hi all, > > On 20 January 2018 at 09:28, Ivan Mitev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 > > > > Other people in the thread disagree and still use regular DVDs - which as > > a readonly media is great for security - but how may people from Qubes' > > user base still have and use an optical reader ? I haven't seen any recent > > laptop (like in the past 3-4 years) with a CD/DVD reader and nowadays > > desktop workstations usually don't include one either. > > > > I buy a fresh USB DVD device with every secure laptop I buy. I don't reuse > them, because I don't want a mistake made with one of them to contaminate > another laptop. So I've got lots of them lying around the house!
What exactly is your threat model there? Why not just use disposable USB keys, written on a secure system, then used only with the target system? > At some point DVDs + DVD equipment might become impossible to buy (or with > only very few suppliers, all of whom could be interdicted). I'm not sure > what I will do then! Note that flash drives with physical write protect switches are available, such as the Kanguru FlashBlu30 line. -- https://petertodd.org 'peter'[:-1]@petertodd.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-devel/20180122073320.GA2934%40savin.petertodd.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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