[GLLUG] Linux Distro from the DoD

[Frank Dolinar]

    A Linux Distro From the US Department of Defense
    <http://linux.slashdot.org/story/11/07/21/235215/A-Linux-Distro-From-the-US-Department-of-Defense>


Posted by timothy <http://www.monkey.org/%7Etimothy/> on Thursday July 
21, @07:42PM
from the buggy-whip-for-the-bandwagon dept.
donadony writes /"The Lightweight Portable Security 
<http://www.spi.dod.mil/lipose.htm> distribution was created by the 
Software Protection Initiative 
<http://www.unixmen.com/software/1832-lightweight-portable-security-lps-a-linux-disto-from-the-us-department-of-defense> 
under the direction of the Air Force Research Laboratory and the U.S. 
Department Of Defense. The idea behind it is that government workers can 
use a CD-ROM or USB stick to boot into a tamper proof, pristine desktop 
when using insecure computers such as those available in hotels or a 
worker's own home. The environment that it offers should be largely 
resistant to Internet-borne security threats such as viruses and 
spyware, particularly when launched from read-only media such as a 
CDROM. The LPS system does not mount the hard drive of the host machine, 
so leaves no trace of the user's activities behind."/

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