The paranoid #! Security Guide

Re:The paranoid #! Security Guide by autodidakto on Sunday July 14, 2013 @12:30PM (#6041299)

Alternatively, there's Whonix (https://whonix.org/wiki/Main_Page). More steps but potentially more secure. Major difference is that whonix runs in a VM (or two), is persisted (though you could use VM snapshots), and the tor proxy setup is safer (thanks to security-by-isolation and tor socks, no app can figure out the host's ip nor connect directly to the net).

Qubes OS is a new xen based OS that takes security by isolation to a new level. Still young but I'm keeping my eye on it.

The article just convinces me of the need for highly tested/developed security focused distros. There are so many ways to screw up.

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Re:The paranoid #! Security Guide by D9u on Sunday July 14, 2013 @04:01PM (#6042026)

I was surprised to see that you were the first one to mention Virtual Machines in these comments.

I would use a VM on a "live" system, booted from removable media, to which no data is ever written. (DVD)

But it wouldn't be any Linux distro.

BSD is what I prefer. Take your pick of the available options, NetBSD, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, *BSD.

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