Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 2.0 alpha

2014-04-01 Thread intrigeri
Hi, AK wrote (01 Apr 2014 01:53:06 GMT) : > Let me just clarify some points. > Is the goal to be more secure than a standard Linux distro such as Ubuntu > or Debian? Yes. OK. What I'd be delighted to read now is what "more secure" means. I'll wait for your next write-up :) Cheers, -- intriger

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 2.0 alpha

2014-03-31 Thread AK
OK, I will try to write something up as soon as I can. Let me just clarify some points. Is the goal to be more secure than a standard Linux distro such as Ubuntu or Debian? Yes. Is the goal to be more secure than a distro such as Tails or Liberte? No. For example, instead of using a patched ver

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 2.0 alpha

2014-03-30 Thread krishna e bera
On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 4:44 PM, AK wrote: > Hi > > I was expecting you to ask something like that :). Well for now it just an > alpha version, so I would not count on it for robust security. In fact, > security is not the main focus of this project (unlike Tails and Liberte). > Of course, it sho

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 2.0 alpha

2014-03-30 Thread AK
Hi I was expecting you to ask something like that :). Well for now it just an alpha version, so I would not count on it for robust security. In fact, security is not the main focus of this project (unlike Tails and Liberte). Of course, it should still be reasonably secure, but I am focusing more o

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 2.0 alpha

2014-03-30 Thread intrigeri
Hi, AK wrote (30 Mar 2014 20:14:06 GMT) : > More details are here: https://piratelinux.org/?p=567. Interesting, thanks! Where can I read about the threat model this system is meant to address? Cheers, -- intrigeri | GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc | O

[tor-talk] Pirate Linux 2.0 alpha

2014-03-30 Thread AK
Hi Tor Talkers, Here is the latest release. It's now based on Gentoo (no more Ubuntu), uses the official gentoo hardened kernel, and XFCE as the desktop environment. For now it's a live DVD, but eventually I will create an installer that automatically compiles and installs the operating system (en