[qubes-users] First Mention of Qubes in US Court Documents
----- Forwarded message from Andrew <kyboren@riseup.net> ----- Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:26:18 +0100 From: Andrew <kyboren@riseup.net> To: qubes-users@googlegroups.com Subject: [qubes-users] First Mention of Qubes in US Court Documents Message-ID: <547DBDFA.3000206@riseup.net> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.2.0 Just FYI, this is the first mention I've seen of Qubes in documents filed in any US court: http://cryptome.org/2014/12/peck-roark-affidavit.pdf (page 7; note that to the best of my knowledge, the context is entirely hypothetical). Affidavit filed in support of this motion: http://cryptome.org/2014/11/roark-087.pdf. This case is likely familiar to many, but those who have not heard of it are likely to find its history very interesting. The docket is partially available here: http://dockets.justia.com/docket/oregon/ordce/6:2012cv01354/108333 -- those with PACER accounts are encouraged to use their $15 free credit to upload these public-domain documents with RECAP (https://www.recapthelaw.org/) so all may enjoy their right to public access. Andrew -- 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+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/547DBDFA.3000206%40riseup.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. ----- End forwarded message -----
On 12/2/14, Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org> wrote:
... Just FYI, this is the first mention I've seen of Qubes in documents filed in any US court...
if you count HP NetTop, as for Qubes, here is what was settled on as baseline use case for something entirely unrelated to Court: ---cut-- ### Using Qubes # Launching Document Editor 1. Open the Qubes Quick Launch Menu at lower left. 2. Select "Domain: editor" for the apps available in this VM. 3. Then click "editor: LibreOff..." to launch Document Editor (Libre Office) # Launching File Browser 1. Open the Qubes Quick Launch Menu at lower left. 2. Select "Domain: editor" for the apps available in this VM. 3. Then click "editor: Files" to launch File Browser. NOTE: The File Browser is also how you can see mounted USB devices and also where to copy files back and forth, or just explore. # USB Storage 1. Plug in the USB device. Ignore the message notifications at lower right. 2. Locate "Qubes VM Manager" Window. If you close by accident, re-launch. 3. In "Qubes VM Manager" Window Menu, select to highlight "editor" VM as row / item. 4. Right-click on editor for VM menu, select -> "Attach/detach block devices" 5. In the "Attach/detach" submenu, you should see your device listed. for example, "Attach: dom0: sdb 1863 GiB ..." 6. Click this option to attach storage. 7. Launch "editor: Files" command, then select attached device at left sidebar. for example, "2.0 TB Volume" DONE! # To Shutdown, you should always shutdown "gracefully" to avoid file system issues. 1. Open the Qubes Quick Launch Menu at lower left. 2. Select "Leave" menu options, then "Shut down" 3. Confirm the shut down prompt, or wait 30 seconds. # Launching the "Qubes VM Manager" 1. Usually started by default, it can be re-started if closed. 2. Locate the System Quick Launch Menu at lower left. It is a blue Qubes icon. 3. Open Launcher menu, then "System Tools" option. 4. From "System Tools" menu, select -> "Qubes VM Manager"
The mention of Qubes is interesting, but the rest of this document is even more amazing! On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 04:59:06PM +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote:
----- Forwarded message from Andrew <kyboren@riseup.net> -----
Just FYI, this is the first mention I've seen of Qubes in documents filed in any US court: http://cryptome.org/2014/12/peck-roark-affidavit.pdf (page 7; note that to the best of my knowledge, the context is entirely hypothetical).
First amazing assertion: use NLP to automatically redact classified documents. (page 3.) Second amazing reference: links to a tor2web URL. (page 4, footnote 6) -andy
I'm not sure that the Chrome RECAP extension is working for me, but here is the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2q69Ncu9Fp_bXNkeG42aDNsRDg/view?usp=sharin... Please let me know if there are any other documents that would be of interest in the docket. On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:52 AM, Andy Isaacson <adi@hexapodia.org> wrote:
The mention of Qubes is interesting, but the rest of this document is even more amazing!
On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 04:59:06PM +0100, Eugen Leitl wrote:
----- Forwarded message from Andrew <kyboren@riseup.net> -----
Just FYI, this is the first mention I've seen of Qubes in documents filed in any US court: http://cryptome.org/2014/12/peck-roark-affidavit.pdf (page 7; note that to the best of my knowledge, the context is entirely hypothetical).
First amazing assertion: use NLP to automatically redact classified documents. (page 3.)
Second amazing reference: links to a tor2web URL. (page 4, footnote 6)
-andy
-- *Collin David Anderson* averysmallbird.com | @cda | Washington, D.C.
From the affidavit: EGOTISTICALSHALLOT was created in 2014 by Tailored Access Operations as a QUANTUMTHEORY Computer Network Exploitation component effective against hardened Whoonix Qubes users on the Tor Network. Search engine results for EGOTISTICALSHALLOT are almost non-existent. Does anyone have more info about this exploitation component?
On 12/02/14 21:15, Seth wrote:
From the affidavit:
EGOTISTICALSHALLOT was created in 2014 by Tailored Access Operations as a QUANTUMTHEORY Computer Network Exploitation component effective against hardened Whoonix Qubes users on the Tor Network.
Search engine results for EGOTISTICALSHALLOT are almost non-existent.
Does anyone have more info about this exploitation component?
As far as I know, this is purely hypothetical. The relevant text from the previous page is: "22. An example of a document not supported wholly by the public knowledge base is provided below in two parts. This fictional example is constructed to convey some similarities to parts of reporting in the public knowledge base." Andrew PS: Yes, there are quite a lot of interesting things in these documents other than the mention of Qubes and Whoonix [sic]. The use of a Tor hidden service with a partial name of "sunshine" is not lost on me, nor is it likely to be lost on Judge Aiken (though Mr. Peck would be well advised that Justice Brandeis actually used the word, "sunlight," and not, "sunshine").
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