On 8/26/19 11:22 AM, David Hobach wrote: > On 8/26/19 10:24 AM, panina wrote: >> Hi! >> >> This is not strictly Qubes-OS related, rather inspired by Qubes. >> >> I've been struggling with some parts of Qubes usage. Most of the time, >> it is overkill for me, and putting some strain on my computer. The >> bugginess is also quite annoying, whenever I just need to do some >> everyday work. >> I've been thinking I'd like some form of dual-boot solution, or possibly >> a Live USB that could be used. >> Most of the time I work with ssh and webapps, so the only persistent >> data I need to work will fit on a smartcard. >> >> My thought is to have an installation that mounts most of the root >> partition as readonly, and uses ramdisks wherever the system wants to >> write (e.g /var/log). I'm also thinking it should be possible to get a >> fingerprint or somesuch of the root partition, and use my TPM2 to check >> this. >> >> The system should also have a possibility to update itself, that I can >> choose to do in environments that I feel is safe. >> >> I am wondering if anyone knows of an OS that works like this? Or if >> anyone knows of tools that might accomplish parts of this? > > Ehm... You're describing Qubes OS with disposable VMs there? The > fingerprinting is essentially AEM? > > If you need to keep your data on an external disk (SDCard), you can use > either a manual approach with qvm-copy, permanently attach the disk to a > single disposable VM with a fixed name or use an automated solution such > as [1]. You might also want to look into qvm-pool. > > [1] https://github.com/3hhh/qcrypt >
What I'm after is something that does what dvm's do, but not through Qubes. Same effect, on something that boots on a USB stick or so, much in the way that Tails does. <3 /eira -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/033531db-0710-5e95-3f6d-25ba81aa7048%40nonbinary.me.
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