Comments on: Ubuntu Privacy Remix - Modified Live-CD based on Ubuntu Linux

By: LinuxNtwrkng

LinuxNtwrkng — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:30:29 +0000

That’ll teach me to post when I’m tired. I understood that it wouldn’t mount (S)ATA drives *at all*. I missed that it would if it was a TrueCrypt volume. That makes a lot more sense. Thanks to both of you for the information!

By: wumbogumbo

wumbogumbo — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:34:59 +0000

better explained on the website privacy-cd.org

By: wumbogumbo

wumbogumbo — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:34:12 +0000

“The base idea is to relocate working with private data into a secure working environment, strictly apart from everything else you do with your computer (surf the web, chat, games, …).” - That’s why you don’t have any Network.

You do have permanent storage - nearly any kind of (encrypted) removable media can be used.

This system is *not* for use as a firewall, surfing-machine, rescue-disk ……

It is a high security desktop system for office purposes and secure de-/encryption.

By: LinuxNtwrkng

LinuxNtwrkng — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:04:00 +0000

Maybe I’m just being obtuse, but could someone explain what this would be useful for? It has no network connectivity so it can’t be used as a firewall/router configuration, nor could it be used as a safe surfing platform. It has no permanent storage so it can’t be used to type documents or otherwise create files. It can’t mount the local drives so it can’t be used as a rescue disk. I just don’t understand. Anyone care to enlighten me please?

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:38:01 +0000

I like the idea of this, but the lack of network would limit how useful it would be to me. I understand why it’s been done though and it looks like a great project.