On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 05:27:30AM -0700, [email protected] wrote: > Good afternoon > > This is probably a naive question, but anyway... > > I am thinkingof trying the Qubes OS (I've been using Linux in various > distributions for years so not a complete noob). The scenario I have in > mind is as follows. A laptop with two SSDs; one will have W10/Linux Mint > installed, the other would have Qubes. Depending on what I want to do, I > would boot the laptop from the appropriate SSD (in the fullness of time it > is of course possible that I'd use Qubes for most things, but I'll cross > that bridge when I come to it...). > > The question I have is: would the presence of the SSD with W10/LM on it > have any implications for the security of running Qubes? What if I wanted > to use a data partition on the non-Qubes disc? > > Thanks in advance. >
It would have some impact on security, because the /boot partition would be unencrypted and therefore *possible* that malicious actor coming from W10/Mint would be able to access it. Also possible that ma could exfiltrate some(all?) of the encrypted partition. Also, that ma could attack BIOS from W10/LM. You have to judge what risk you expect, and what data you will store in Qubes. If you are just going to try it out, and not store the details of your COVID-19 vaccine, then go ahead. You still run risk of BIOS attack but unless you are a major target it's unlikely. Of course, once you decide to commit to Qubes you would want to run a full wipe and reinstall on the Qubes disk. Just in case. Enjoy Qubes. Keep safe. -- 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/20200429124202.GA23193%40thirdeyesecurity.org.
