[qubes-users] Outdated documentation

2016-09-27 Thread Robert Mittendorf
Hey Qubes-Team, https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hvm/ states that "shared templates for HVM domains" are not supported. This is an outdated information, isn't it? Robert -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from

Re: [qubes-users] I can't disable ipv6 on Debian Template

2016-09-27 Thread nishiwaka46
"An agenda against Qubes goal". Lol, that would been really arrogant because I joined Linux only 3 months ago and I have everything to learn. But if you want to talk about what Qubes provides, I have my opinion on the subject : Qubes greatest innovation is kinda making business of privacy

[qubes-users] backup

2016-09-27 Thread 'Gabriel' via qubes-users
Hi fellows, I started using qubes a while ago and I have a question concerning backups. What I want is a complete backup to a dedicated external USB HDD. I understand to achieve this all the VMs must be shut down. Therefore when I plugged in the HDD I mounted it in dom0 under /mnt. Questions:

Re: [qubes-users] Blank screen after 10 minutes

2016-09-27 Thread Eva Star
On 09/25/2016 05:36 PM, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: What about disabling xscreensaver completely for 120 mins? Something like: xscreensaver-command -exit sleep 7200 xscreensaver & No settings are changed, so unexpected system reboot isn't a problem. Easy, if it's

Re: [qubes-users] backup

2016-09-27 Thread Jeremy Rand
'Gabriel' via qubes-users: > Hi fellows, > > I started using qubes a while ago and I have a question concerning backups. > What I want is a complete backup to a dedicated external USB HDD. I > understand to achieve this all the VMs must be shut down. > Therefore when I plugged in the HDD I

Re: [qubes-users] New version of Qubes Screenshot Tool (0.5 beta)

2016-09-27 Thread Eva Star
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Re: [qubes-users] Re: I can't disable ipv6 on Debian Template

2016-09-27 Thread Unman
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:41:12PM -0700, raahe...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 9:46:13 AM UTC-4, nishi...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am surprised that there is no way to disable ipv6 on Debian template. > > > > I reinstalled first the template using

Re: [qubes-users] exit code 1 of qubes.RecieveUpdate, what does it mean? Failing to install dev packages in dom0

2016-09-27 Thread Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:53:54PM +0200, Tobias Abenius wrote: > On 09/23/2016 03:22 PM, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > > > > '/usr/lib/qubes/qrexec-client-vm dom0 qubes.ReceiveUpdates > > > /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-agent > > >

[qubes-users] Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread neilhardley
If I think a computer has been infected, is there anything else I should wipe/re-install other than 1. Hard Drive / Operating System 2. BIOS Is there anything else that a hacker could possibly infect that needs to be wiped/re-installed..? Thanks -- You received this message because you are

Re: [qubes-users] exit code 1 of qubes.RecieveUpdate, what does it mean? Failing to install dev packages in dom0

2016-09-27 Thread Tobias Abenius
On 09/23/2016 03:22 PM, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: '/usr/lib/qubes/qrexec-client-vm dom0 qubes.ReceiveUpdates /usr/lib/qubes/qfile-agent /var/lib/qubes/dom0-updates/packages/*.rpm' failed with exit code 1! Check /var/log/qubes/qrexec.sys-firewall.log. I'd guess it is something about

Re: [qubes-users] Re: I can't disable ipv6 on Debian Template

2016-09-27 Thread Unman
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 09:13:30PM -, johnyju...@sigaint.org wrote: > > My PC's RT clock might drift by a few seconds each week > > Actually, it's not even that bad. I'm sure I've fired up motherboards or > laptops that haven't been touched in years, and their clocks were accurate > within a

Re: [qubes-users] "Carrying forward" a DMA attack..?

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 5:11:27 PM UTC-4, Jeremy Rand wrote: > raahe...@gmail.com: > > or just only allow https in the vm firewall settings. > > I assume you mean whitelisting TCP port 443? If so, be aware that while > this will stop most non-HTTPS traffic, there is nothing that

Re: [qubes-users] System still freezes, still no resolution.

2016-09-27 Thread Drew White
On Wednesday, 28 September 2016 11:28:45 UTC+10, Drew White wrote: > On Wednesday, 28 September 2016 03:54:10 UTC+10, raah...@gmail.com wrote: > > Is your issue after a wake from suspend? Desktop freezes on me on one > > machine if it is left asleep for too long. I figure its related to bios

Re: [qubes-users] USB VM

2016-09-27 Thread Drew White
On Wednesday, 28 September 2016 13:27:17 UTC+10, johny...@sigaint.org wrote: > > Hi JJ, > > > > My PC has 10 USB Bus's. > > My keyboard and mouse are on bus 10, which is PCI device .XX.X and I > > left that one on Dom0. > > Are they 10 separate PCI devices, 10 separate USB buses? > > I'd be

Re: [qubes-users] USB VM

2016-09-27 Thread Drew White
Hi JJ, Did some more testing, you were right, I only have 3. I have 2 bus's on the motherboard... I plugged a USB drive into each set to find out which were which. But that doesn't explain why it isn't working when I even just attach my USB3 card to the USBVM. That alone should work, but it

Re: [qubes-users] USB VM

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> Hi JJ, > > My PC has 10 USB Bus's. > My keyboard and mouse are on bus 10, which is PCI device .XX.X and I > left that one on Dom0. Are they 10 separate PCI devices, 10 separate USB buses? I'd be very surprised if that were the case. But also very impressed, and wanting such a motherboard

Re: [qubes-users] Re: I can't disable ipv6 on Debian Template

2016-09-27 Thread Unman
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 09:15:47PM +, Jeremy Rand wrote: > johnyju...@sigaint.org: > >> The "listening" services are less of a concern, since the firewall > >> wouldn't permit any incoming connections to be passed through to start > >> with. It's the "phone home" style services, like time

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 4:27:01 PM UTC-4, neilh...@gmail.com wrote: > How about Google Chromebooks which have a system to auto-restore the OS if it > thinks it's been tampered with..? > > Or what about a read-only BIOS in the first place..? > > Is there any reason BIOS can't be

Re: [qubes-users] System still freezes, still no resolution.

2016-09-27 Thread Drew White
On Wednesday, 28 September 2016 03:54:10 UTC+10, raah...@gmail.com wrote: > Is your issue after a wake from suspend? Desktop freezes on me on one machine > if it is left asleep for too long. I figure its related to bios or what vms > were running when it went to sleep. I also find its less of

Re: [qubes-users] Re: I can't disable ipv6 on Debian Template

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 7:27:43 PM UTC-4, raah...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 5:38:59 PM UTC-4, Unman wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:41:12PM -0700, raahe...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 9:46:13 AM UTC-4, nishi...@gmail.com > > >

Re: [qubes-users] Re: I can't disable ipv6 on Debian Template

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 5:38:59 PM UTC-4, Unman wrote: > On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:41:12PM -0700, raahe...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 9:46:13 AM UTC-4, nishi...@gmail.com wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I am surprised that there is no way to disable ipv6 on

Re: [qubes-users] "Carrying forward" a DMA attack..?

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 5:11:27 PM UTC-4, Jeremy Rand wrote: > raahe...@gmail.com: > > or just only allow https in the vm firewall settings. > > I assume you mean whitelisting TCP port 443? If so, be aware that while > this will stop most non-HTTPS traffic, there is nothing that

Re: [qubes-users] System still freezes, still no resolution.

2016-09-27 Thread Drew White
On Wednesday, 28 September 2016 03:54:10 UTC+10, raah...@gmail.com wrote: > Is your issue after a wake from suspend? Desktop freezes on me on one machine > if it is left asleep for too long. I figure its related to bios or what vms > were running when it went to sleep. I also find its less of

Re: [qubes-users] USB VM

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> I want to get the USB VMs to work, but I use keyboard and mouse via USB, > not PS/2, so it will not permit me to configure it. > > I wish to attach specific USB Ports to Dom0, which is 1 of the bus's. And > the other USB bus's to the USBVM, but I can't find out what device to > attach to Dom0 to

Re: [qubes-users] USB VM

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> It may no longer be the case, but it used to be that most USB keyboards > and mice had controllers that also automatically auto-detected and > supported PS/2, with a simple passive passthrough dongle between the > USB->PS/2 connection. > >

Re: [qubes-users] USB VM

2016-09-27 Thread Drew White
On Wednesday, 28 September 2016 12:46:10 UTC+10, johny...@sigaint.org wrote: > Pretty sure the answer is "no." You can assign a whole USB bus (which is > typically a single PCI device) to a VM, but you can't split it up beyond > that, other than the default of having dom0 relay specific devices

Re: [qubes-users] "Carrying forward" a DMA attack..?

2016-09-27 Thread Jeremy Rand
raahe...@gmail.com: > On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 5:11:27 PM UTC-4, Jeremy Rand wrote: >> raahe...@gmail.com: >>> or just only allow https in the vm firewall settings. >> >> I assume you mean whitelisting TCP port 443? If so, be aware that while >> this will stop most non-HTTPS traffic,

Re: [qubes-users] System still freezes, still no resolution.

2016-09-27 Thread Drew White
On Wednesday, 28 September 2016 03:54:10 UTC+10, raah...@gmail.com wrote: > Is your issue after a wake from suspend? Desktop freezes on me on one machine > if it is left asleep for too long. I figure its related to bios or what vms > were running when it went to sleep. I also find its less of

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> Yeah, Joanna is seriously epic. Upon that, we can all agree. Everything she designs or writes up, seems bang-on (and wonderfully informative) in this increasingly security-threatened world we're living in. She's probably just a fictional character created by the NSA to mesmerize and lure us

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> You can get a motherboard that has a removable bios chip that you can just > snap in to replace, Then call the company and have them send you one or > two to hold onto for emergency lol. There is also mobos with dualbios, > most ly this is for bringing a bricked board back to life. I actually

[qubes-users] Re: System still freezes, still no resolution.

2016-09-27 Thread Drew White
After 10 minutes of running, I have less than 50 Mb free RAM in Dom0. -- 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 qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com.

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread neilhardley
Yeah, Joanna is seriously epic. How about Raspberry Pi..? That seems to have very few components. -- 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

Re: [qubes-users] Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 2:56:27 PM UTC-4, johny...@sigaint.org wrote: > > I forget which blackhat event, they showed how you can think you are > > flashing a bios. But the malware will remain. > > That's creepy. Don't most BIOS flashing utilities do a verification? Or > perhaps the

Re: [qubes-users] Screen geometry for VMs

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> I'm back with a brand-new workstation setup to try Qubes on. I bought a > Matrox C680 and hooked up six monitors to its DisplayPort outputs. I'm > using Qubes R3.2 fully updated as of now, with XFCE. Six monitors??? Wow! Can I come over and hang out at your place? JJ -- You received this

Re: [qubes-users] Screen geometry for VMs

2016-09-27 Thread Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 08:47:27PM +0200, Alex wrote: > Hi everybody, > I'm back with a brand-new workstation setup to try Qubes on. I bought a > Matrox C680 and hooked up six monitors to its DisplayPort outputs. I'm > using Qubes R3.2 fully updated

Re: [qubes-users] Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 2:56:27 PM UTC-4, johny...@sigaint.org wrote: > > I forget which blackhat event, they showed how you can think you are > > flashing a bios. But the malware will remain. > > That's creepy. Don't most BIOS flashing utilities do a verification? Or > perhaps the

Re: [qubes-users] backup

2016-09-27 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-09-27 06:59, 'Gabriel' via qubes-users wrote: > Hi fellows, > > I started using qubes a while ago and I have a question concerning backups. > What I want is a complete backup to a dedicated external USB HDD. I > understand to achieve this

Re: [qubes-users] Outdated documentation

2016-09-27 Thread Andrew David Wong
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 2016-09-27 06:45, Robert Mittendorf wrote: > Hey Qubes-Team, > > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hvm/ > > states that "shared templates for HVM domains" are not supported. > > This is an outdated information, isn't it? > > Robert >

Re: [qubes-users] System still freezes, still no resolution.

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Monday, September 26, 2016 at 4:00:38 AM UTC-4, Drew White wrote: > On Monday, 26 September 2016 15:31:19 UTC+10, Foppe de Haan wrote: > > usb input devices? if so, can you attach a ps/2 mouse/keyboard and does > > that do anything? also, maybe have a look at bios settings related to > >

Re: [qubes-users] "Carrying forward" a DMA attack..?

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 7:32:34 AM UTC-4, Chris Laprise wrote: > On 09/25/2016 07:08 AM, johnyju...@sigaint.org wrote: > >> Let's say I have a Qubes machine connected to a 2nd laptop by Ethernet. > >> > >> The Qubes machine is sharing its Internet connection. > >> > >> Let's say the Qubes

[qubes-users] Re: SUCCESS: GPU passthrough on Qubes 3.1 (Xen 4.6.1) / Radeon 6950 / Win 7 & Win 8.1 (TUTORIAL + HCL)

2016-09-27 Thread emergencymexican
On Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 8:26:50 AM UTC-7, Marcus at WetwareLabs wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been tinkering with GPU passthrough these couple of weeks and I thought > I should now share some of my findings. It's not so much unlike the earlier > report on GPU passthrough here >

[qubes-users] Re: I can't disable ipv6 on Debian Template

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 9:46:13 AM UTC-4, nishi...@gmail.com wrote: > Hello, > > I am surprised that there is no way to disable ipv6 on Debian template. > > I reinstalled first the template using documentation > https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/reinstall-template/ > > Then I added

[qubes-users] Re: I can't disable ipv6 on Debian Template

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
Also just to add qubes devs have fedora template with less listening process then debian-8 which is not default and more community based. But if you want to use use debian instead for your sysnet or firewall or w/e. You can disable all the listening processes yourself. -- You received this

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 6:51:31 AM UTC-4, neilh...@gmail.com > wrote: >> If I think a computer has been infected, is there anything else I should >> wipe/re-install other than >> >> 1. Hard Drive / Operating System >> >> 2. BIOS This also brings up the question of BIOS vs. EFI, which

Re: [qubes-users] Screen geometry for VMs

2016-09-27 Thread Alex
On 09/27/2016 09:19 PM, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > Wow... The problem is that gui-agent have hardcoded maximum of 4 > outputs[1]. The number is totally arbitrary, can be changed to > anything. Any ideas for better value? Apparently 4 isn't large > enough... That's good to know, and that

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 3:35:54 PM UTC-4, johny...@sigaint.org wrote: > > On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 6:51:31 AM UTC-4, neilh...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> If I think a computer has been infected, is there anything else I should > >> wipe/re-install other than > >> > >> 1. Hard

[qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 6:51:31 AM UTC-4, neilh...@gmail.com wrote: > If I think a computer has been infected, is there anything else I should > wipe/re-install other than > > 1. Hard Drive / Operating System > > 2. BIOS > > Is there anything else that a hacker could possibly infect

Re: [qubes-users] Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> I forget which blackhat event, they showed how you can think you are > flashing a bios. But the malware will remain. That's creepy. Don't most BIOS flashing utilities do a verification? Or perhaps the flashing utility itself is what was compromised in the blackhat demo. Another reason why

Re: [qubes-users] Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> If I think a computer has been infected, is there anything else I should > wipe/re-install other than > > 1. Hard Drive / Operating System > > 2. BIOS > > Is there anything else that a hacker could possibly infect that needs to > be wiped/re-installed..? Lol, don't get me started... - Any PCI

Re: [qubes-users] Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread raahelps
On Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 2:31:33 PM UTC-4, johny...@sigaint.org wrote: > > If I think a computer has been infected, is there anything else I should > > wipe/re-install other than > > > > 1. Hard Drive / Operating System > > > > 2. BIOS > > > > Is there anything else that a hacker could

[qubes-users] Screen geometry for VMs

2016-09-27 Thread Alex
Hi everybody, I'm back with a brand-new workstation setup to try Qubes on. I bought a Matrox C680 and hooked up six monitors to its DisplayPort outputs. I'm using Qubes R3.2 fully updated as of now, with XFCE. Long story short, dom0 is able to use all six monitors in the configuration I set up

Re: [qubes-users] "Carrying forward" a DMA attack..?

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
>> Especially if you did the sharing via a separate vpn or ssh tunnel. But >> in general, I don't think Qubes security should be considered much if >> any benefit to adjacent non-Qubes systems. >> >> Chris >> >> > The benefits far outweigh the risks, as long as you don't do most of >> your >> >

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Anything else to wipe other than HDD and BIOS..?

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> How about Google Chromebooks which have a system to auto-restore the OS if > it thinks it's been tampered with..? Doesn't that imply trust in Google, who is known to cooperate with NSA and such (as required by US law)? I have had serious problems with a hacked Android phone, and the

Re: [qubes-users] Re: I can't disable ipv6 on Debian Template

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> Also just to add qubes devs have fedora template with less listening > process then debian-8 which is not default and more community based. But > if you want to use use debian instead for your sysnet or firewall or w/e. > You can disable all the listening processes yourself. It's an

Re: [qubes-users] Re: I can't disable ipv6 on Debian Template

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> The "listening" services are less of a concern, since the firewall > wouldn't permit any incoming connections to be passed through to start > with. It's the "phone home" style services, like time sync, Samba name > lookups on microsoft servers, and such, that are more concerning, and >

Re: [qubes-users] Re: I can't disable ipv6 on Debian Template

2016-09-27 Thread johnyjukya
> My PC's RT clock might drift by a few seconds each week Actually, it's not even that bad. I'm sure I've fired up motherboards or laptops that haven't been touched in years, and their clocks were accurate within a minute. So there's no need for synchronizing your time so frequently. I just

Re: [qubes-users] "Carrying forward" a DMA attack..?

2016-09-27 Thread Jeremy Rand
raahe...@gmail.com: > or just only allow https in the vm firewall settings. I assume you mean whitelisting TCP port 443? If so, be aware that while this will stop most non-HTTPS traffic, there is nothing that prevents other protocols from using port 443. It's a fairly well-known attack on Tor's

Re: [qubes-users] Re: I can't disable ipv6 on Debian Template

2016-09-27 Thread Jeremy Rand
johnyju...@sigaint.org: >> The "listening" services are less of a concern, since the firewall >> wouldn't permit any incoming connections to be passed through to start >> with. It's the "phone home" style services, like time sync, Samba name >> lookups on microsoft servers, and such, that are