Re: [qubes-users] Containing Twitter sessions

2017-06-22 Thread Chris Laprise
r approach?) I do two things: * Refrain from clicking links; copy to untrusted VM browser instead * Turn on https everywhere addon in https-only mode The latter means that even if I click on a link, the site visited will at least have some verification (or else it won't load). -- Chris La

Re: [qubes-users] Request for feedback: 4.9 Kernel

2017-06-20 Thread Chris Laprise
On 05/24/2017 03:51 PM, Chris Laprise wrote: 4.9 is working OK so far. I was using 4.8 prior to this. Additional note: 4.9 seems to resolve a zombie process issue I was having with 4.8 (domU), and the 4.9.33-18 security update is working well so far. -- Chris Laprise, tas

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Possible rootkit found on my Fedora 24 template?

2017-06-20 Thread Chris Laprise
'. This has the benefit of preventing non-priv-escalation malware from persisting at startup, and prevents alias shims from stealing passwords, etc. The next version can also compare file hashes and deactivate root-level malware at startup before /rw is brought online. -- Chris Laprise, tas

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Possible rootkit found on my Fedora 24 template?

2017-06-20 Thread Chris Laprise
to find sums for (same versions of) those files at fedora's site. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users&q

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Xen high CPU usage, but nothing is running in the VM

2017-06-18 Thread Chris Laprise
On 06/18/2017 10:01 AM, qubenix wrote: 'Vincent Adultman' via qubes-users: This happens to me sometimes on the current Xen/Linux versions. When I look at top in the offending VM its "kswapd" that has gone berserk. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Xen high CPU usage, but nothing is running in the VM

2017-06-17 Thread Chris Laprise
was blowing and that's when I noticed the problem. This happens to me sometimes on the current Xen/Linux versions. When I look at top in the offending VM its 'kswapd' that has gone berserk. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB

Re: [qubes-users] Keyboard input going into dom0 but not into vms

2017-06-17 Thread Chris Laprise
iso. My hardware might be compromised. Is there a way to confirm without a doubt? What happens when you grab a console from dom0... $ sudo xl console vmname -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You

Re: [qubes-users] Virtualization in the cloud

2017-06-17 Thread Chris Laprise
://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2013/08/thoughts-on-intels-upcoming-software.html Note, this is a desktop PC-focused list so is not the best place to ask about the dynamics of server/cloud security. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB

Re: [qubes-users] Setting up privateinternetaccess on qubes 3.2

2017-06-16 Thread Chris Laprise
On 06/15/2017 11:02 PM, Chris Laprise wrote: On 06/15/2017 08:15 PM, Steven Walker wrote: Can anyone give me any feedback on how to setup privateinternetaccess on qubes. I wrote to pia, and they didn't really give me much help on how to set this up. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Fedora updates in small sessions, and I must reboot my VMs

2017-06-10 Thread Chris Laprise
to update only from the security repository making the update frequency even sparser. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [qubes-users] Update RPC does not work in debian-8 / missing $DISPLAY when running RPC as root

2017-06-08 Thread Chris Laprise
/sources-list.d/qubes-r3.list. Sometimes updating the Qubes packages can help with issues like this. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [qubes-users] Update RPC does not work in debian-8 / missing $DISPLAY when running RPC as root

2017-06-07 Thread Chris Laprise
is directly related to environment variables. So, maybe either some load or delay in rc.local causes the race condition to be won. Regards, Vít Šesták 'v6ak' BTW, have you tried enabling 'jessie-testing' and updating to see if that helps? -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https

Re: [qubes-users] Update RPC does not work in debian-8 / missing $DISPLAY when running RPC as root

2017-06-07 Thread Chris Laprise
. Debian 9 has been more stable and its what I've been using for 98% of my computing needs for the past year. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [qubes-users] AEM boot option causes hard reboot/partial shutdown (Lenovo T450s)

2017-06-07 Thread Chris Laprise
he min_ram parameter... at this stage I don't know if the newer tboot is the factor that allows my system to boot with AEM. An additional issue which I'm still experiencing with AEM is sleep/wake not working. My other versions are Xen 4.6.5 and Linux 4.9.28-16 (from qubes*testing). -- Chris Laprise, ta

Re: [qubes-users] Hadrware Requirement List

2017-06-07 Thread Chris Laprise
. But if you can turn off NVIDIA in BIOS (switch to Intel HD graphics) there is a better chance Qubes will work. A Qubes Live DVD/USB distro is available for download and booting it will give you an indication of compatibility with your system. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https

Re: [qubes-users] Update RPC does not work in debian-8 / missing $DISPLAY when running RPC as root

2017-06-07 Thread Chris Laprise
... -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails fro

Re: [qubes-users] Re: No login after reverting to btrfs snapshot

2017-06-07 Thread Chris Laprise
Thanks for the notes! Looks like UEFI (which I don't use) adds an extra wrinkle to the issue. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [qubes-users] Update RPC does not work in debian-8 / missing $DISPLAY when running RPC as root

2017-06-06 Thread Chris Laprise
. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- 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, sen

Re: [qubes-users] Making 2 or more NetVMs available to one Qube

2017-06-04 Thread Chris Laprise
-in. https://geti2p.net -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: [qubes-users] I do not see the wi-fi adapter in my network manager on AlienWare 14

2017-06-04 Thread Chris Laprise
u'll see that some people replaced their broadcom cards to get wireless working: https://www.qubes-os.org/hcl/ Here is a person who had success with a BCM4360: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/qubes-users/VVwWqvz5dX4/Xbum_4MaCgAJ -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com

Re: [qubes-users] Re: No login after reverting to btrfs snapshot

2017-06-01 Thread Chris Laprise
On 06/01/2017 08:58 AM, schulzebodo via qubes-users wrote: Thanks for all the context, Chris. Not sure I'm getting all of this. After trying to wrap my head around dracut, I went with the following approach: 1. Removed the subvol option from fstab 2. Set the subvolume default of btrfs 3. Run

Re: [qubes-users] Failed to connect PPTP VPN and failed to automatically connect to vpn when connect is available

2017-05-29 Thread Chris Laprise
s. Its more secure and openvpn will try to connect whenever the proxyVM has access. A slightly fancier version that can be controlled as a systemd service is here: https://github.com/tasket/Qubes-vpn-support -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Maccchanger, debian9 template, Screensave

2017-05-28 Thread Chris Laprise
. The macchanger scripts are unreliable. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from

Re: [qubes-users] Partially off-topic: best OpenVPN-Set-up with Qubes 3.2, AirVPN and Turris Omnia router?

2017-05-27 Thread Chris Laprise
to download the config files and use the Qubes-specific instructions. As for Turris Omnia router setup, it depends on how much you trust the security of that router -- generally, openvpn is safer in Qubes than in router hardware (even the 'impressive' ones). -- Chris Laprise, tas

Re: [qubes-users] Maccchanger, debian9 template, Screensave

2017-05-27 Thread Chris Laprise
-shot commands won't work properly. The best option is to use Network Manager 1.4.2 or later and turn on address randomization. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you

Re: [qubes-users] Request for feedback: 4.9 Kernel

2017-05-24 Thread Chris Laprise
4.9 is working OK so far. I was using 4.8 prior to this. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users&q

Re: [qubes-users] is vpn made manually, not supposed to restart after suspend?

2017-05-21 Thread Chris Laprise
On 05/21/2017 06:11 PM, yreb-bird wrote: Chris Laprise: Commenting-out the "persist tun" line causes openvpn to remove and recreate the tun device for each connection; this works for me. #this I can handle, works for me too, thankyou Glad I could help! -- Chris La

Re: [qubes-users] is vpn made manually, not supposed to restart after suspend?

2017-05-21 Thread Chris Laprise
: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/qubes-users/hKvV7ajyIZ8/Jlvt0OXwBQAJ -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users&qu

Re: [qubes-users] Connecting to WiFi?

2017-05-19 Thread Chris Laprise
On 05/19/2017 06:35 PM, pchils...@gmail.com wrote: On Friday, May 19, 2017 at 4:08:16 PM UTC-4, Chris Laprise wrote: On 05/19/2017 03:22 PM, pchils...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, New user of Qubes. I have a Lenovo W520 specifically for Qubes - got it installed and running. The weird thing is I

Re: [qubes-users] Connecting to WiFi?

2017-05-19 Thread Chris Laprise
overlooking something obvious. Thank you very much for any help, P. This sounds like the problem David Craig recently posted about: https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/20170518024816.GA26986%40dlcz.home Assuming your wifi is Intel, is the iwlwifi module loading? -- Chris Laprise

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Help with installation

2017-05-18 Thread Chris Laprise
n to take place. perhaps you may have more than one hard disk in your desktop and you may have installed Qubes on the hard disk that does not boot Who hasn't done this? :) -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106

Re: [qubes-users] Trusted PDF

2017-05-16 Thread Chris Laprise
On 05/16/2017 10:06 AM, Chris Laprise wrote: On 05/15/2017 06:46 PM, Sam Hentschel wrote: Hey All, Another question, why is it that the qvm-convert-pdf function returns a file that is slgihtly fuzzy? I keep lots of copies of important documents that I want to convert to secure pdfs since

Re: [qubes-users] Trusted PDF

2017-05-16 Thread Chris Laprise
-client. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving e

Re: [qubes-users] Trusted PDF

2017-05-16 Thread Chris Laprise
. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails fro

Re: [qubes-users] Re: qubes_dom0-root fsck failed with error code 4

2017-05-15 Thread Chris Laprise
never connects. The qrexec.log is empty. Is there any way get this to boot, or to extract a few files from within it to dom0? Have you tried mounting an external drive and then running qvm-backup? -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A

Re: [qubes-users] Making /home and /usr/local non persistent

2017-05-10 Thread Chris Laprise
On 05/10/2017 01:07 PM, atlahua wrote: On 2017-05-10 00:22, Chris Laprise wrote: On 05/09/2017 10:09 AM, atlahua wrote: Hi there! I need to be able to start DVM's from different templates simultaneously. This feature is not available as far as I know. For this reason I am trying the next best

Re: [qubes-users] How to connect to home network through VpnVM?

2017-05-09 Thread Chris Laprise
you to third parties, etc. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this grou

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Qubes as primary OS? Multimedia Experience: Spotofy / Netflix / Amazon Prime / how to make it work?

2017-05-08 Thread Chris Laprise
-- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails fro

Re: [qubes-users] HDMI-related threats in Qubes OS

2017-05-07 Thread Chris Laprise
there at the moment. Regards, Vít Šesták 'v6ak' Interesting. Thanks! -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users&q

Re: [qubes-users] Apps not starting on the first try

2017-05-06 Thread Chris Laprise
and the reports usually center around nautilus (Files) because that it the most prone to the behavior. See https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/2449 I believe its caused by gnome expecting some session-related daemon to be already running when it tries to start a program. -- Chris

Re: [qubes-users] [3.2] Issues with Intel® HD Graphics 620 after update of clean installation

2017-05-06 Thread Chris Laprise
(see https://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Fedora_Host_Installation ), so it should work. Wish I noticed this earlier... There is a newer kernel v4.8.12 in "unstable" repo and it works very well. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A

Re: [qubes-users] A way to restart VpnVM same as can reload/restart tor?

2017-05-06 Thread Chris Laprise
ou can try (because I'm recalling my early experiences with openvpn) is to comment-out the "persist tun" line in your ovpn file. Openvpn can experience problems trying to re-use tun devices, and that can cause it to quit when trying to re-connect. This is the simplest remedy. -

Re: [qubes-users] A way to restart VpnVM same as can reload/restart tor?

2017-05-05 Thread Chris Laprise
On 05/05/2017 09:55 PM, Chris Laprise wrote: $ sudo pkill openvpn $ sudo /rw/config/rc.local I meant to say the first command stops openvpn, and the second starts it. Of course, sys-net also has to make its connection after wake from sleep before openvpn can re-connect. So check first

Re: [qubes-users] A way to restart VpnVM same as can reload/restart tor?

2017-05-05 Thread Chris Laprise
can easily see the status, stop it, etc. OTOH, if you used instructions that include a systemd service like this: https://github.com/tasket/Qubes-vpn-support ...then you can simply use 'systemctl' functions like stop/start/status to control openvpn. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org

Re: [qubes-users] Experiencing intermittent hangs?

2017-05-05 Thread Chris Laprise
start to drag a file from nautilus onto another app the dragged icon may freeze in transit along with nautilus. Sometimes it can stay frozen for 30 sec. or more. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You

Re: [qubes-users] Protect AppVM init startup scripts:

2017-05-05 Thread Chris Laprise
g scripts (and bind-dirs), BTW. Another thing is that it can 'clean' (replace) any file in /rw, /home or otherwise if you add the path+file to the /etc/defaults/vms folder in the template. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4A

Re: [qubes-users] How to get trusted iso?

2017-05-01 Thread Chris Laprise
On 05/01/2017 03:43 PM, cooloutac wrote: Does Qubes ever plan on selling iso sticks? I would like to know. And I've suggested this in the past, but with DVD-Rs which I think are preferable to USB sticks (even the ones with hardware write-protect switches). -- Chris Laprise, tas

Re: [qubes-users] How to get trusted iso?

2017-05-01 Thread Chris Laprise
ompromised machine enough? I imagine that would be dangerous. Thanks for any suggestions. Since you will probably want to start with Qubes on a non-compromised machine, I suggest to download and verify using that. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2

Re: [qubes-users] Intel ME exploitable

2017-05-01 Thread Chris Laprise
of the PowerPC CPUs (G5) which is a different RISC-type architecture. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users&q

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Randomize mac address on Qubes

2017-04-30 Thread Chris Laprise
2.4 but you're using 2.3 (which doesn't have an ipv6 option). You could try editing the ovpn to remove the ipv6 option, or upgrade the templateVM to a version that uses openvpn 2.4 -- instructions for Debian 9, https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/template/debian/upgrade-8-to-9/ -- Chris Laprise, ta

Re: [qubes-users] Randomize mac address on Qubes

2017-04-30 Thread Chris Laprise
t and only wifi in macspoof. Then both netVMs would be able to run simultaneously. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &q

Re: [qubes-users] Qubes os - VPN keeps disconnecting

2017-04-28 Thread Chris Laprise
way to do this is copy /rw/config/rc.local to your home dir and remove the --daemon option. Then 'sudo ./rc.local' will start it and you can watch the messages. You could also test your VPN config files in a fresh proxyVM (without scripts) to see if the problem has anything to do with the scripts.

Re: [qubes-users] Cannot execute commands in terminal - not root?

2017-04-28 Thread Chris Laprise
ory exists! Okay, disregard this. I got it to work. But on step 4 in the guide you linked, Chris, what do they mean by "Restart the client and test the connection again... this time from an AppVM!"? Do they mean restart the VPN Client? IF so, how do I do that? Just restart the ProxyVM and

Re: [qubes-users] Cannot execute commands in terminal - not root?

2017-04-27 Thread Chris Laprise
oing wrong? Sincerely appreciate help! From the appVM, can you ping a known IP address? Then try to ping a domain name. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are

Re: [qubes-users] Cannot execute commands in terminal - not root?

2017-04-27 Thread Chris Laprise
ipt to use it instead. I will submit changes to the doc to clarify the language. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qub

Re: [qubes-users] Cannot execute commands in terminal - not root?

2017-04-27 Thread Chris Laprise
in Step 4 you can add this additional line: setenv vpn_dns "10.8.0.1 10.114.0.1" -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[qubes-users] Re: [qubes-devel] Compromise recovery on Qubes OS

2017-04-26 Thread Chris Laprise
some data formats after a restore. In the FAQ, it seems like AEM could be mentioned as firmware protection. IIUC, AEM should be especially effective against remote attacks (against BIOS/firmware) and I think remote is what most of the document is addressing. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox

Re: [qubes-users] Re: a cumulative post about some issues i'm having with my qubes installation (looking forward for help)

2017-04-24 Thread Chris Laprise
t; to see -- graphically -- what I mean. ;) -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from

Re: [qubes-users] DNS issues after Debian template update

2017-04-23 Thread Chris Laprise
-setup-dnat-to-ns' from a shell gives me the same errors you posted. Perhaps the cause is simpler: You may have inadvertently set the netVM for that appVM to 'none' or enabled blocking in the firewall settings. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2

Re: [qubes-users] DNS issues after Debian template update

2017-04-23 Thread Chris Laprise
scripts that create /var/run/qubes/qubes-ns are: setup-ip network-proxy-setup.sh If you have a snapshot of your Debian 8 template, you could diff those files to see if they changed (acquired a bug). -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A

Re: [qubes-users] Focus Stealing, how to stop it?

2017-04-22 Thread Chris Laprise
KDE has a settings tab under 'Window behavior' devoted to activation and focus, along with a specific focus-stealing prevention setting. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message

Re: [qubes-users] Protect AppVM init startup scripts:

2017-04-21 Thread Chris Laprise
On 04/10/2017 11:43 AM, Chris Laprise wrote: Here is a small script for Linux templates that protects files executed on startup by... bash sh Gnome KDE Xfce X11 Together with enabling sudo authentication, this is a simple way to make template-based VMs less hospitable to malware. Testing

Re: [qubes-users] Re: How to handle untrusted applications?

2017-04-18 Thread Chris Laprise
, as they say.) unman Yet another option: If the app is easy to install, you can store the package in /home or /rw and do the install each time you use it. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You

Re: [qubes-users] Firewall question: DNS queries not working

2017-04-15 Thread Chris Laprise
r can be added for TCP as well. A more automated workaround would be to use `iptables-save | sed` as in the issue comments (seems like this could be done from the vpn-handler script). -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4A

Re: [qubes-users] Install wget?

2017-04-12 Thread Chris Laprise
it to the VPN VM. (Using qvm-copy like this to make downloads/uploads indirect can reduce risk.) I'm not sure what you need with qubes-builder; if your goal is just to setup a VPN VM that seems totally unnecessary. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP:

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Persistent /usr/local: Are there risks?

2017-04-11 Thread Chris Laprise
On 04/10/2017 05:54 PM, Unman wrote: On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 03:39:26PM -0400, Chris Laprise wrote: On 04/10/2017 03:17 PM, Chris Laprise wrote: On 04/10/2017 02:55 PM, Reg Tiangha wrote: I think I'll try an /etc/rc.local script that deletes /rw/usrlocal and re-creates just the top dir. Also

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Protect AppVM init startup scripts:

2017-04-11 Thread Chris Laprise
On 04/11/2017 12:14 PM, cooloutac wrote: On Monday, April 10, 2017 at 11:43:55 AM UTC-4, Chris Laprise wrote: Here is a small script for Linux templates that protects files executed on startup by... bash sh Gnome KDE Xfce X11 Together with enabling sudo authentication, this is a simple way

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Persistent /usr/local: Are there risks?

2017-04-10 Thread Chris Laprise
On 04/10/2017 03:17 PM, Chris Laprise wrote: On 04/10/2017 02:55 PM, Reg Tiangha wrote: I think I'll try an /etc/rc.local script that deletes /rw/usrlocal and re-creates just the top dir. Also /rw/config and /rw/bind-dirs. Pretty much the only persistent thing left would be contents of /rw/home

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Persistent /usr/local: Are there risks?

2017-04-10 Thread Chris Laprise
On 04/10/2017 02:55 PM, Reg Tiangha wrote: On 04/10/2017 12:41 PM, Chris Laprise wrote: Changing something in /usr/local/bin (or I assume /rw/usrlocal/bin) requires privilege escalation. If sudo has no auth process, then there is no challenge for the attacker... they can change /rw/usrlocal

Re: [qubes-users] Re: Persistent /usr/local: Are there risks?

2017-04-10 Thread Chris Laprise
On 04/10/2017 02:04 PM, Reg Tiangha wrote: On 04/10/2017 11:51 AM, Chris Laprise wrote: Given the default Qubes security model, its not supposed to matter if malware can persist. Even the read-only nature of root on template-based VMs is supposed to be only a beneficial footnote. OTOH, I'd say

Re: [qubes-users] Persistent /usr/local: Are there risks?

2017-04-10 Thread Chris Laprise
the ability to turn off execution of /rw contents in templates? -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users&q

[qubes-users] Protect AppVM init startup scripts:

2017-04-10 Thread Chris Laprise
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Re: [qubes-users] for people using MAC randomization (debian 9 tmpl): you might want to avoid hostname leaks via DHCP too

2017-04-10 Thread Chris Laprise
/pdf/1703.02874v1.pdf -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: [qubes-users] can't install kernel-qubes-vm from qubes-dom0-unstable repo

2017-04-08 Thread Chris Laprise
'install' and 'upgrade' actions support (reinstall not) This sounds like you're using Debian as your updatevm. This is one of the few reasons I keep Fedora around. Hope your upgrade works! -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4

Re: [qubes-users] SSD+malicious HDD?

2017-04-07 Thread Chris Laprise
against a malicious HDD, but not currently. Even an AEM-enabled Qubes could be vulnerable to a DMA attack. 2.Is Debian 9 safer than Debian 8, or Fedora 24 more safer than Fedora 23? Thanks| The first three are receiving security updates, but the fourth is not because its at end-of-life. Chris

Re: [qubes-users] can't install kernel-qubes-vm from qubes-dom0-unstable repo

2017-04-07 Thread Chris Laprise
dnf reinstall kernel-qubes-vm-4.8.12-12'. If not, try 'sudo qubes-dom0-update kernel-qubes-vm-4.8.12-12 --enablerepo=qubes-dom0-unstable --action=reinstall' -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You

Re: [qubes-users] HDMI-related threats in Qubes OS

2017-04-02 Thread Chris Laprise
supported protocols along with a description of their interactivity and flow. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qube

Re: [qubes-users] HDMI-related threats in Qubes OS

2017-04-01 Thread Chris Laprise
be possible to disable HDMI ports in favor of simpler ones like VGA. I'm not sure how much input DVI and Displayport allow, but I think there's a chance that DVI is similar to VGA in this regard. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3

Re: [qubes-users] [Debian 8] Audio problem after upgrading

2017-03-31 Thread Chris Laprise
On 03/31/2017 04:21 PM, Chris Laprise wrote: On 03/30/2017 05:32 PM, J. Eppler wrote: Hello, I upgraded my Debian 8 "Jessie" template from Debian Qubes r3.1 to Qubes r3.2. Now, I have problems with the audio output. When I try to play audio files I do not hear anything and music pl

Re: [qubes-users] [Debian 8] Audio problem after upgrading

2017-03-31 Thread Chris Laprise
de the template from dom0 to get the template package meant for 3.2. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users&qu

Re: [qubes-users] Simple Dom0 password manager for an imperfect-but-strong security upgrade?

2017-03-30 Thread Chris Laprise
I get the feeling when you talk about people contributing, you mean /other/ people. That's fine, but in my estimation what you're proposing would take under 30 lines of bash code. You should write it yourself as a way to learn about Linux and Qubes. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org

Re: [qubes-users] Simple Dom0 password manager for an imperfect-but-strong security upgrade?

2017-03-30 Thread Chris Laprise
On 03/30/2017 10:34 AM, Jean-Philippe Ouellet wrote: On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 5:31 AM, Chris Laprise <tas...@openmailbox.org> wrote: xdotool also lets you inject keystrokes into windows. With a shortcut-key assignment this can be easily scripted by the user (you said this was for power

Re: [qubes-users] Time Sync Failed and one other problem

2017-03-28 Thread Chris Laprise
, not templates. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiv

Re: [qubes-users] Re: dnf over VPN with qubes-updates-proxy

2017-03-28 Thread Chris Laprise
y service is enabled /only/ for the downstream proxyVM. Once you have it working with default settings, you can try re-adding your other rules one-by-one while testing them. Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106

Re: [qubes-users] Re: dnf over VPN with qubes-updates-proxy

2017-03-28 Thread Chris Laprise
not initiated by the VPN client (i.e. OpenVPN, etc) so restricting by port number may not be adding anything to link security. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you

Re: [qubes-users] Re: dnf over VPN with qubes-updates-proxy

2017-03-28 Thread Chris Laprise
oup that has access when using the doc iptables configuration. Also keep in mind the Fedora-minimal template has a small problem with tinyproxy; Installation is normally blocked for some reason. That can make it seem like the updates proxy refuses to work. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org

Re: [qubes-users] updateVM not setup error when trying to get whonix templates

2017-03-24 Thread Chris Laprise
reading and helping me :) When you right-click on each VM and view the logs, do you see errors? Also, have you checked the HCL to see if your model of computer has compatibility problems with Qubes? -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E

Re: [qubes-users] updateVM not setup error when trying to get whonix templates

2017-03-23 Thread Chris Laprise
t created. Finally, go into the Global Settings and set the Update VM (sys-firewall), Clock VM (sys-net) and default netVM (sys-firewall). -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this

Re: [qubes-users] Backup Error

2017-03-17 Thread Chris Laprise
he other 7 are wiped out? Likely the filesystem (FAT?) on the destination cannot handle files over a certain size. You may want to reformat it with a native Linux fs like Ext4. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106

Re: [qubes-users] S3 sleep on Thinkpad T460 issues

2017-03-16 Thread Chris Laprise
(this is found in qubes-dom0-unstable repository). -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett PGP: BEE2 20C5 356E 764A 73EB 4AB3 1DC4 D106 F07F 1886 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubs

[qubes-users] Alternate net-vm

2017-03-16 Thread Chris Willard
Hello All, Does anyone use an alternate net-vm and have any notes on setting it up as I am having problems with internet connection? I am going to try getting it going but wondered if there was an alternative! Regards, Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [qubes-users] Kicking the sudoers dead horse

2017-03-14 Thread Chris Laprise
the other way--using only +i and not root ownership--should work but I was trying to be thorough. In practice user will probably modify script as root after using 'sudo chattr' so convenience-wise it doesn't matter. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett -- You

Re: [qubes-users] Kicking the sudoers dead horse

2017-03-14 Thread Chris Laprise
On 03/14/2017 07:18 PM, Chris Laprise wrote: # Protect sh and bash init files chfiles="/home/user/.bashrc /home/user/.bash_profile /home/user \ /.bash_login /home/user/.bash_logout /home/user/.profile" touch $chfiles chown -f root:root $chfiles chattr +i $chfiles The

Re: [qubes-users] Xorg using software render after dom0 update

2017-03-14 Thread Chris Laprise
Which packages were updated? You can use 'sudo dnf history info ' to find out. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this grou

Re: [qubes-users] Keyboard layouts with multiple keyboards

2017-03-14 Thread Chris Laprise
-keyboard.conf I think that fixing these before running dracut can rectify layout issues that begin at boot time (YMMV, this is from years ago). -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "

Re: [qubes-users] Re: is it better to have just standaloneVMs?

2017-03-14 Thread Chris Laprise
starting an app. But at least it defaults to double-click instead of single-click. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop

Re: [qubes-users] Curious: https for yum repos

2017-03-14 Thread Chris Laprise
ign a repo file, therefore an attacker can hold back individual packages withing what appears to the user as a stream of normal update cycles. Note: Qubes project is interested in getting Debian into dom0. In the meantime, its fairly easy to use Debian for templates. -- Chris Laprise, tas...

Re: [qubes-users] feature idea: creat trusted office document

2017-03-14 Thread Chris Laprise
dea of a trusted doc format, if such a thing is possible. But I think that's outside of Qubes' scope at least for now. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group.

Re: [qubes-users] space-eating after attaching device

2017-03-14 Thread Chris Laprise
ghosts?? Noisy log files? I noticed recently that dom0 was holding onto huge amount of logs. -- Chris Laprise, tas...@openmailbox.org https://twitter.com/ttaskett -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from

Re: [qubes-users] Kicking the sudoers dead horse

2017-03-14 Thread Chris Laprise
On 03/14/2017 12:57 PM, cooloutac wrote: yes I agree having to click yes in a dom0 popup will not be cumbersome for most. But is it that easy for the devs to implement? Its already there, for a long time now. The vm-sudo doc describes how to enable it. -- Chris Laprise, tas

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