[tor-talk] Review request: TorVM implementation in Qubes OS

adrelanos adrelanos at riseup.net
Fri Oct 19 11:17:18 UTC 2012


Abel Luck:
> Abel Luck:
>> adrelanos:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is it Amnesic or can it be made Amnesic?
>>>
>>> Or in other words.... Can you be sure, that after deleting (or wiping)
>>> the torified AppVM no activity can not be reconstructed with local disk
>>> forensics? Could the torified AppVM be securely wiped without any
>>> leftovers? (Leftovers such as swap, or what else?)
>>
>> Regarding deletion of the VM: I was under the impression secure deletion
>> was not possible on modern SSDs.
>>
>> On the other hand, it should be possible to create an AppVM whose
>> writeable diskspace lies in enitrely in RAM.  I'll investigate this.
> 
> This already exists! In Qubes the DisposableVM is RAM only by default.

Nice, can you add this to the docs please? I think that is quite a
remarkable feature.


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