On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 4:32:04 PM UTC-4, qubester wrote: > ------ > Therefore, all the bugs in this bulletin affect > Qubes 3.2, and users should patch immediately. > > > > Compromise Recovery > ==================== > > Starting with Qubes 3.2, we offer Paranoid Backup Restore Mode, which > was designed specifically to aid in the recovery of a (potentially) > compromised Qubes OS system. Thus, if you believe your system might have > been compromised (perhaps because of the bugs discussed in this > bulletin), then you should read and follow the procedure described here: > > https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2017/04/26/qubes-compromise-recovery/ > > Patching > ========= > > The specific packages that resolve the problems discussed in this > bulletin are as follows: > > For Qubes 3.2: > - Xen packages, version 4.6.6-30 > > For Qubes 4.0: > - Xen packages, version 4.8.2-2 > > The packages are to be installed in dom0 via the Qubes VM Manager or via > the qubes-dom0-update command, as follows: > > For updates from the stable repository (not immediately available): > $ sudo qubes-dom0-update > > For updates from the security-testing repository: > $ sudo qubes-dom0-update --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-security-testing > > A system restart will be required afterwards. > > These packages will migrate from the security-testing repository to the > current (stable) repository over the next two weeks after being tested > by the community. > -------- > > 1) > > So, for discussion do most folks "patch immediately" or "wait for > stable" ?? > > 2) > Guess, I need to start studying the PBRM(above) as I imagine I'll > be on 3.2 for some time, maybe till it's no longer updated if there > is going to be NO GUI VM Manager ever ??
I always enable security testing. I'll be staying on 3.2 too for a while for same reasons. Will try out 4.0 on final release, hopefully my family can still use it. -- 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/88a459d8-157c-484e-9818-953a7a689772%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
