(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.
security
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(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.
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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?
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eCryptfs-mount.sh is my helper script.
Security > Computer security > The Chain of Trust >
Various notes on using passwords and passphrases.
Linux distributions + Debian >
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=Whonix
https://www.whonix.org/
Security by isolation (VirtualBox), Tor-focused.
It’s Debian-based, so it uses systemd, and so it’s not particularly secure from that perspective..
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(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=alpine
https://alpinelinux.org/
A simple security-focused distribution.
When I boot into it, I don’t even know that I’m looking at. It’s too simple. This is supposed to be a liveUSB but there’s nothing there. No ext4 support.
www.dogpile.com uses an invalid security certificate. The certificate is only valid for *.inspsearch.com
inspsearch.com is known to be associated with viruses.
https://www.pcrisk.com/removal-guides/7524-inspsearchcom-virus
Nice.
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Linux distributions + Fedora >
(on Wikipedia)
https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=qubes
https://www.qubes-os.org/
Security by isolation (Xen), very thorough.
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.
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Secure Shell
