On Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 7:10:33 PM UTC+1, Braden wrote: > On Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 12:50:23 PM UTC-5, Unman wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 09:48:43AM -0800, Yuraeitha wrote: > > > On Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at 6:38:49 PM UTC+1, Unman wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 08:52:07AM -0800, Braden wrote: > > > > > Performing some modifications to dom0, but when I run apps like wget > > > > > from dom0 terminal I am unable to resolve addresses. Same if I were > > > > > to try running firefox from dom0. Know this is because of security > > > > > benefits, but how can I enable networking from there. Say I wanted to > > > > > connect to dom0 from a vnc temporarily. > > > > > > > > > There's almost never any need to do this. If you want to install > > > > packages you can use the update mechanism. Otherwise download files in a > > > > qube and then copy them in to dom0 and install them there. > > > > If dom0 is compromised then all your qubes are open. > > > > > > > > But you probably know this already. > > > > > > > > As things stand it's difficult, but not impossible to access dom0. You > > > > could open a channel to allow vnc to a qube and use socat and an rpc > > > > service to front to dom0. But really just dont do it: it subverts the > > > > whole point in using Qubes. > > > > > > btw, isn't it possible that he can use the Qubes 4 dom0 admin features to > > > make changes to VM's from a remote location? Could the solution be to > > > upgrade to Qubes 4 and use that instead? I haven't yet went > > > discovering/understood the limitations of the Qubes 4 dom0 admin tools, > > > but isn't this a perfect match to his goal if he upgrades? Apologies if I > > > misunderstood how the dom0 admin features work, I haven't started using > > > it my self yet. > > > > > > > Yes, it is. > > OP could read this post > > https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2017/06/27/qubes-admin-api/ > My hardware is only 3.2 supported rn as you guessed, suppose I could explore > the unique service idea, is there anything similar on *nix
>From a security point of view, Qubes 4 is probably long past the point to >surpass the security risk there is to opening up dom0 to networking (if >comparing the two situations purely from a security risk point of view). So if >you got the time for it, it might be worth it to install Qubes to gain access >to the dom0 admin tools. In terms of reliability, well personally I feel Qubes >4 is pretty stable, I haven't had any major issues. But they're still working >on it, though, I believe it's because they want it to as perfect as possible. >It's very different from being ready to release, and to release something near >a perfection goal. Well obviously perfection is a dangerous word to use, but >it can translated into high quality instead. That's how I perceive it at >least. If you got the time, it may be worth upgrading. Perhaps others may put in a word for how ready they perceive Qubes 4 is for productivity and mission critical work. Since it isn't officially released as as a final release yet, the more views on this matter, the merrier and more accurate it'll be. -- 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/be1bf8de-b80e-46ab-b0c0-5e20e89eb281%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
