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How effective is Microsoft Smart App in defending against malicious program by requiring every program to be registered? [closed]

Posted on January 10, 2024 by ascencious

Microsoft Smart App
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen protects against phishing or malware websites and applications, and the downloading of potentially malicious files.
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen determines whether a site is potentially … Continue reading How effective is Microsoft Smart App in defending against malicious program by requiring every program to be registered? [closed]→

When using gpg2 to verify Qubes, the pub is different

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Securitron

I’m trying to verify the fingerprint of the Qubes Master signing Key (QMSK) however, I’ve run into some inconsistent output.
For example:
Qubes Os website & web of trust shows after executing the following command:
Gpg –fingerprint ke… Continue reading When using gpg2 to verify Qubes, the pub is different→

How to encrypt and hide a GNU/Linux operating system and create a decoy system?

Posted on June 20, 2021 by Curiosus Hominem

My goal is to be protected against key disclosure laws and possible extortion. I know dm-crypt can be used to perform full disk encryption for GNU/Linux distros. However, it is not enough. I want to be able to hide an operating system in a… Continue reading How to encrypt and hide a GNU/Linux operating system and create a decoy system?→

Why does QubesOS use Fedora which tends to be more buggy?

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Curious

QubesOS is security focused but uses Fedora which is reputed to be a more buggy Red Hat. If bugs can introduce security problems why use Fedora instead of say CentOS?

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Would Qubes still be secure on an untrusted machine?

Posted on July 9, 2020 by jinkiesgort

If you can’t trust your own computer, would installing Qubes on it do any good? Or is it already too late if your machine might be infected?

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Qubes and DOM0 being Fedora 25?

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Evan Carroll

Is it safe to run an unmaintained version of Fedora in dom0? Fedora 25 went EOL on December 12th, 2017. Qubes is currently based on Fedora 25. From the Qubes FAQ,

Dom0 is isolated from domUs. DomUs can access only a few interfaces, suc… Continue reading Qubes and DOM0 being Fedora 25?→

Alternative to Qubes OS network domain for a server

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Ben W

I know that Qubes Os is not suitable for a server use, but some of its features are quite interesting for that. In fact, all the network drivers are contained in a VM that run a different Linux based system and the connections from the “ma… Continue reading Alternative to Qubes OS network domain for a server→

Learning path to more advanced security knowledge? (security in OS-context mostly) [on hold]

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Sven

Some background:
I obtained an Msc degree in scientific computing 7 years ago.
Since then I’ve been working in government IT as an IT / business analist.
My exposure to enterprise IT is mostly conceptual from discussions with… Continue reading Learning path to more advanced security knowledge? (security in OS-context mostly) [on hold]→

Will this setup keep one anonymous on the dark web?

Posted on June 19, 2019 by g2mMwl92MvdsiwL2Nha

I’ll go to a restaurant with public wifi, and download Qubes-Whonix, using Windows 10, with Tor Browser, with ProtonVPN (trial version) connected before Tor, so that both Win10 and Qubes-Whonix are installed simultaneously. U… Continue reading Will this setup keep one anonymous on the dark web?→

Accessing drive shared on home network on Qubes [migrated]

Posted on March 9, 2019 by user201522

I just set up Qubes and am trying to access a hard drive that I’m sharing from a Windows PC in my home network but am unable to locate the drive. Is this possible? how do I go about doing this? Is it possible to use a NAS wit… Continue reading Accessing drive shared on home network on Qubes [migrated]→