0brand On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 6:32 PM 0brand <0br...@mailbox.org> wrote:
> > > Franz: > > Today I tried to updated the Whonix-ws template, but got an error about > > being unable to download some asc file. Then trying to update it again, > it > > founds nothing to update and there is no network connection even if I > > connect it to default NON tor firewall. > > Could you please post the error that you are referring to. > > No because, as I wrote, when i try to update again I do no more get the error message. It simple reports there is nothing to update. Qubes 4.0 templateVMs are non-network connected by default and instead > use qubes-updates-proxy to update software. > > If you were to connect Whonix-ws-14 to a clearnet connected VM you would > have no network connection in the template. > May be I was not clear. My problem is not the template, rather the depending applvm. I mentioned the template only because of the updating error not finding the relevant asc file, because I imagined it may be the cause of the lacking network in the applVM. > > > > If I ping google I get "operation not permitted" > > ping does not work over Tor. > > > > > Is that related to this thread? > > Not unless you configured your template(s) to use Qubes .onion > repositories. > > so it is not related since I used the default configuration. > > > > Best > > > > On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 12:12 PM <jrsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Monday, March 25, 2019 at 7:44:31 PM UTC-7, Andrew David Wong wrote: > > On 24/03/2019 7.30 PM, Andrew David Wong wrote: > >>>>> Dear Qubes Community, > >>>>> > >>>>> We regret to announce that the Qubes Tor onion services will no > longer > >>>>> be maintained due to lack of resources. This includes all Qubes onion > >>>>> services, including the Qubes website onion mirror and the onion > >>> package > >>>>> repos. > >>>>> > >>>>> We would like to thank the Whonix Project for generously maintaining > >>>>> these services for over a year. [1] Maintaining the Tor onion > services > >>>>> requires labor, servers, and bandwidth. Unfortunately, none of these > >>>>> resources are available to the Qubes OS or Whonix projects in > >>> sufficient > >>>>> quantities to allow us to continue offering these services. > >>>>> > >>>>> We recommend that users who currently rely on any Qubes onion > addresses > >>>>> transition to the corresponding clearnet addresses immediately. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> [1] > >>> > https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2018/01/23/qubes-whonix-next-gen-tor-onion-services/ > >>>>> > >>>>> This announcement is also available on the Qubes website: > >>>>> > >>> > https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2019/03/24/tor-onion-services-no-longer-maintained/ > >>>>> > > > > Dear Qubes Community, > > > > Thank you all for your support. Unman has generously agreed to bring the > > Qubes Tor onion services back and maintain them. He has considerable > > experience in hosting and infrastructure management, including running > > onion services. He is working on it now. We'll have another update for > > you soon. > > > > Thank you, unman! > > > >> > >> Thank you, Unman for taking this on. I still think the larger issue is > >> that the qubes and whonix teams are severely resource strapped. It is > >> truly a David and Goliath situation between them and the Wintel money > >> machine. We need to give these guys all the financial support we can. > >> > >> -- > >> 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+unsubscr...@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/68e9cb48-8d7a-4bea-abbc-d928d0fff52a%40googlegroups.com > >> . > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > >> > > > > -- > GPG Public Key: 0x09B31BA99EC051FE > Fingerprint: 4452 4D54 4EB2 53E8 1EE9 223A 09B3 1BA9 9EC0 51FE > -- 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+unsubscr...@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/CAPzH-qDgKRb0CJD7PZt2TO3_O7hgckHT%3Dv_mq6-9sChA3yWqJg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
