Linux software

These notes were made from instructions from Slackware "current", as of 2016-11-05, and have been tested on Slackware 14.2, and 14.2 32bit.
These notes were made on an everyday system with one hard drive which I completely formatted for this purpose.
- If you are a new user, it is strongly recommended that you remove all hard drive's your using and do this on a spare unused/empty drive.
This concept and these notes build a full-disk Slackware installation which also uses LVM. You can safely ignore the entire LVM post and just follow this one.

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KeePassX

2015-05-10

abandoned, dead, freeware, Glances, GUI software, Linux software, loved, macOS software, open-source software, security, software, todo, web browser component replacement, Windows 10 software, Windows 8 software, Windows software

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.keepassx.org/

A password manager.

I found KeePassx while exploring replacing Firefox, and when looking at replacing web browser components. I wanted something cross-platform and open source.

Abandoned 2021-12-09 - official statement
- KeePassXC suggested as a replacement.

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Bitmessage

2015-04-26

commandline software, email, email clients, freeware, GUI software, internet software, Linux software, open-source software, security, software, Windows software

Software + Security >

(on Wikipedia)
https://wiki.bitmessage.org/Main_Page

A secure communications tool which sends messages through a network of users which it doesn't need to trust.

It can be thought of like Tor for email.

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eCryptfs

2015-04-17

alien, commandline software, dead, encryption, freeware, Glances, Linux software, loved, open-source software, security, software, todo, utilities

TODO - add additional notes

encryption >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.ecryptfs.org/

A cryptographic filesystem.

A fantastic concept and program which I used heavily for a long time across multiple Linux distributions.

Be aware that attacks on people, hardware and implementation are the go-to methods for defeating encryption. Some points:
- A legal or physical threat, lies and other social engineering.
- A hardware or software keylogger. Are you typing your password on a keyboard and computer you control?
eCryptfs-mount.sh is my helper script.

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SSH

2014-10-22

encryption, freeware, Glances, internet software, internet topics, liked, Linux software, live, open-source software, remote controlling software, security, software, ssh, todo, Windows 10 software, Windows 8 software, Windows software

Internet > Remote controlling software >

SSH being enabled is also known as having "shell access" enabled. It's generally considered a risk for various reasons, most notably because runaway processes can be an issue.

Secure Shell

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Uncomplicated Firewall

2014-10-22

firewall software, freeware, Linux software, open-source software, security, software, utilities

Security >

aka ufw

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systemd

2014-08-08

commandline software, disliked, evil, freeware, Glances, init, Linux software, open-source software, security, software, todo, utilities

Software >

(on Wikipedia)
https://systemd.io/

An init system.. and more.

systemd is a pox on Linux. It has huge amount of dependencies. As it's critical to a distribution, and it's folding in a whole lot of code, it's widely considered unnecessary bloat and a point of attack.

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Software > Web browsers >
Internet security >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.torproject.org/

Tor can be thought of like a secure proxy.

I experimented with it during my research on Replacing Firefox.

UPDATE: Tor has been subverted for some time. I know when and how, with confirmation, but not by whom.

It must not be used for high-level security requirements (governmental, military, international) and probably even mid-level requirements (corporate, police). Little people using it as a proxy are fine.

Don't do anything illegal with it if you're within three degrees of a Bad Guy. So.. don't use it for anything illegal. Remember that PRISM records everything, so that, once flagged, you can be found retroactively guilty (even by association) for past internet usage.

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