On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 7:29 PM, J. Eppler <j.epp...@openmailbox.org> wrote:
> Hello, > > all VM's in Qubes consume a large amount of memory by default. You can > restrict your firewall VM to 1 GB or less. > You can restrict the memory consummtion under 'Right click -> VM Settings > -> Advanced' to Max. Memory ~1024 MB or less. > > There is also a Unikernel solution. Unikernels are special purpose > operating systems. Thomas Leonard created a Unikernel firewall for Qubes OS > which runs perfectly fine with 30 MB of RAM. > > You will find resources on how to do it here: > https://github.com/talex5/qubes-mirage-firewall > http://roscidus.com/blog/blog/2016/01/01/a-unikernel-firewall-for-qubesos/ > > Best regards > J. Eppler > > Seems interesting thanks, sometimes I wondered if there was any way to reduce the burden to have all these sysVMs always working. But for most people, me included, changing a firewall without fully understanding it may be dangerous. We are dealing with some core element of Qubes security. So better to wait for some official, pre-installed and supported version of it, if any. Best Fran > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "qubes-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/18e5e0a6-8dfd-49ab-974e-3447b3b71ea0%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/18e5e0a6-8dfd-49ab-974e-3447b3b71ea0%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/CAPzH-qDNCX-%2Bx6vjJvZwjjPL0Ao6_iHouNASoQVFz9%2BfGumEJQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
