Qubes OS: The Operating System That Can Protect You Even If You Get Hacked
What it is
Micah Lee's Circle of HOPE 2018 talk on Qubes OS, which isolates activities in separate virtual machines so one compromise, such as a bad PDF or USB stick, does not expose everything. He gives an overview timed around the Qubes 4.0 release.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as a great overview of Qubes OS and how its compartmentalization works in practice.
- 2 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2019, last 2022
What HN commenters said
“Micah Lee held a great overview talk at HOPE 2018”
Overview talk on Qubes OS from HOPE 2018
waldfee, 2020-08 · Recommendation · in “Usbkill – anti-forensic tool to halt computer when new USB device is connected”
“This talk(ii) from Micah Lee when 4.0 launched is a great overview/preview.”
Great overview of Qubes OS around the 4.0 launch
isolatte, 2022-07 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How do you develop locally with privacy/security in mind?”
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Topics: qubes os, virtualization, compartmentalization, operating system security, micah lee
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