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Dale <rdalek1967 <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> >>> Blueness has created a 'tin hat' [1] mini secure linux distro that runs |
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> >>> in all ram for the truely paranoid (or those with valid security |
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features). |
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Perhaps one of the gentoo devs will package up a secure, minimal gentoo |
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image that we can use, via a container or vm or as a snappy.... |
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Keeping it on a usb drive for insertion and removal, would go a long |
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way creating flexibility of usage and keeping it offline when not at |
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use is also keenly wise, imho. Kinda like a ghost image. |
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> My biggest curiosity at the start of this was if using VPN would help. |
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The same dev that brought us TinHat, maintains a VPN package that might |
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be what you are looking for:: |
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net-misc/tinc |
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> Still, using Linux is likely the biggest bonus. |
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I would not count on using linux to be any measure of security, |
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as most of the worlds finest hackers use linux, critically, in their |
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attack vectors, so those linux distro's have been thoroughly parsed |
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for vulnerabilities. The best hackers compromise systems for years and years |
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and you never know they are there..... |
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The best hackers never strike until they can substantially wipe-out |
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your (financial) resources. |
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caveat emptor, |
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James |
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