[aklug] Re: Real American Penguin

From: David J. Weller-Fahy <dave-lists-aklug@weller-fahy.com>
Date: Mon Oct 10 2011 - 17:03:24 AKDT

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Yep, been around for a while. I've never tried it for more than
isolated sessions, but a few of my buds swear by it.

* Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> [2011-10-10 20:49 -0400]:
> Obviously the military has used Linux for a long time, but it looks like
> now there is an official U.S. Linux distribution:
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/the-air-forces-secure-linux-distribution/9618
>
> http://www.spi.dod.mil/lipose.htm
>
> The core security idea seems to be that the operating system itself is
> booted off of read-only media, and then refreshed between sessions, or
> whenever a sensitive transaction needs to be completed.

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dave [ please don't CC me ]
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