Slashdot Mirror
Trustix, a Worthy Contender?
Linux.com (also owned by OSTG) is running a quick look at Trustix, a Linux distro designed for servers that focuses on ground up security and stability. From the article: "No operating system can claim to be completely secure. There will always be zero-day exploits, configurations errors, user errors, and other factors that can defeat the best security for any system. On the other hand, it's always good to start from a secure base and then add more security. Trustix provides a reliable and secure Linux distribution that you can build upon. There are no wasteful graphical displays and no wizards to set up your firewall. If you aren't comfortable with the command line, forget about Trustix. [...] That said, Trustix does a good job of keeping your system up-to-date, and if you have the required experience, you'll find that it's a robust distro. As a simple server distro with a high level of security and customizability, Trustix is a worthy contender."
Didn't the NSA put out a distro specifically for high security applications a few years ago??
...I coulda been a contendah! ;P
-"...bad old ideas look confusingly fresh when they are packaged as technology" - Jaron Lanier (Digital Maoism on Edge.o
"We know it sounds like a lame shareware puzzle game, but it's actually a really secure Linux distro."
I can just picture differently coloured keys and padlocks dropping into a well right now.
"When the atomic bomb goes off there's devastation...but when the atomic bong goes off there's celebraaaaation!"