-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-08-25 18:33, Jeremy Rand wrote: > [email protected]: >> I just updated dom0 and saw a few packages - avahi and openssl - that >> made me curious as to why they are there. I'm all about having a lean >> system, so I remove things where and when I can. If there's a reason for >> these things being there, then that's cool, but since dom0 is >> network-isolated, that struck me as a little odd. >> >> I'm also curious to know if other people have thoughts on certain >> packages and why they're included (in dom0 or in templates), so feel free >> to list them on this thread. > > OpenSSL is used for lots of things that aren't network-related. I'm under > the impression that OpenSSL is used for the Qubes backup/restore system. > A Qubes devloper would be able to answer with more certainty. > > -Jeremy Rand >
This is correct. openssl is used by qvm-backup and qvm-backup-restore for HMAC verification and (symmetric) encryption. - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXwQE2AAoJENtN07w5UDAwWKsQAL6k+RhmtPpvN1scCHpJKZAU Drhv5IoHWJqsfyGSrLMyvxX76oWM/yRCS6d6BV4vcbeKW7qu6mrw6BINM29cuq8F bCpb8fqqEVImBK5hbsbXpSUPGQ9in0HB6jL0iQVcqXU2BIL+U2OH1seCUAu2kt32 Ao6xV3XuE8rhfJ16g9i9jZ9+bXx78FMBLrJpgYqIKJjkiI0KntfaZVNArTSIiHwB oEnxcjGH/Lvkq11fqU15HclpMZvj6I25LwZ2ifEysEWPizm3oNIeSpanXmvKP2zQ kimXRZNHgSSqIDhXMmUmBpU2MEs/xbMEW+5LJPQ8wT/eENGvirtMRFloTrDf/PLA hnTUdQ1lkMkkr4g5Fu6umCQWrhZSAYWiOJF1iOLLCkkCbyAbsidD5s4jeDJlUVcO wHb54qtiiHKdBRbJ9Vnr4su6PdB9LcoS3ng/BpXzsOc2V0UwC94zRymOXPUddtoJ RUdHdW04njpzfvg0CRnqIpYfNqqqlFpNh/oV/u/dQpvkpxiH+d4kl5LxlHcnqRQB JVe0IKTxnfWHFQtItVGDXnwGsjJ8SoBkcN63wjhaoQWco5n8iyO96iXQ7hC9S5ME UwssS6bmyV9CpiQvysB8/+j95h/OtYTxgdRgTCDr158iL2hTXo6Nx5B1cys00vQs sxvFoOt31DGbTP8+fZwa =7s0l -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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 [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-users/0bb96170-fd6a-f174-1d66-92ff0ce191e7%40qubes-os.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
