Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 2.0 alpha

2014-04-01 Thread intrigeri
Hi, AK wrote (01 Apr 2014 01:53:06 GMT) : > Let me just clarify some points. > Is the goal to be more secure than a standard Linux distro such as Ubuntu > or Debian? Yes. OK. What I'd be delighted to read now is what "more secure" means. I'll wait for your next write-up :) Cheers, -- intriger

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 2.0 alpha

2014-03-31 Thread AK
OK, I will try to write something up as soon as I can. Let me just clarify some points. Is the goal to be more secure than a standard Linux distro such as Ubuntu or Debian? Yes. Is the goal to be more secure than a distro such as Tails or Liberte? No. For example, instead of using a patched ver

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 2.0 alpha

2014-03-30 Thread krishna e bera
On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 4:44 PM, AK wrote: > Hi > > I was expecting you to ask something like that :). Well for now it just an > alpha version, so I would not count on it for robust security. In fact, > security is not the main focus of this project (unlike Tails and Liberte). > Of course, it sho

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 2.0 alpha

2014-03-30 Thread AK
Hi I was expecting you to ask something like that :). Well for now it just an alpha version, so I would not count on it for robust security. In fact, security is not the main focus of this project (unlike Tails and Liberte). Of course, it should still be reasonably secure, but I am focusing more o

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 2.0 alpha

2014-03-30 Thread intrigeri
Hi, AK wrote (30 Mar 2014 20:14:06 GMT) : > More details are here: https://piratelinux.org/?p=567. Interesting, thanks! Where can I read about the threat model this system is meant to address? Cheers, -- intrigeri | GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc | O

[tor-talk] Pirate Linux 2.0 alpha

2014-03-30 Thread AK
Hi Tor Talkers, Here is the latest release. It's now based on Gentoo (no more Ubuntu), uses the official gentoo hardened kernel, and XFCE as the desktop environment. For now it's a live DVD, but eventually I will create an installer that automatically compiles and installs the operating system (en

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 1.5

2012-06-01 Thread Andrew K
On 06/01/2012 06:52 AM, intrigeri wrote: > hi, > > AK wrote (31 May 2012 15:36:27 GMT) : >>> Was it your answer to my question about upgrading Tails? >> [...] >> If someone is using Tails booted from Pirate Linux, they can >> download the ISO from the Tails website, and use the USB installer >> the

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 1.5

2012-06-01 Thread intrigeri
hi, AK wrote (31 May 2012 15:36:27 GMT) : >> Was it your answer to my question about upgrading Tails? > [...] > If someone is using Tails booted from Pirate Linux, they can > download the ISO from the Tails website, and use the USB installer > there, it should work as long as they have enough RAM

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 1.5

2012-05-31 Thread AK
The clock is fine on Pirate Linux. I've been writing my emails with another OS, and now I think I fixed it :) On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Pascal wrote: > Looks like the first bug you need to fix is with NTP.  Your clock is not > even close to right. > > -Pascal > > > > On 5/31/2012 2:07 PM,

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 1.5

2012-05-31 Thread Pascal
Looks like the first bug you need to fix is with NTP. Your clock is not even close to right. -Pascal On 5/31/2012 2:07 PM, Andrew K wrote: But now, until probably October, I'll be too busy to add new features, so I'll just focus on maintaining bugs and important updates. ___

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 1.5

2012-05-31 Thread AK
> Was it your answer to my question about upgrading Tails? Yes. I'm not sure exactly how the Tails upgrade system works, but I think it requires one to download a tails ISO and either burn it to DVD or install it to usb using the USB installer in tails or in another OS. If someone is using Tails b

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 1.5

2012-05-31 Thread intrigeri
Hi, AK wrote (31 May 2012 14:00:17 GMT) : > From what I tested, no security feature is broken. Great. > It's meant to easily allow people to try Tails, an if they like it > and they want the official version, they can go to the Tails website > and download the latest ISO. Was it your answer to

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 1.5

2012-05-31 Thread AK
>From what I tested, no security feature is broken. The system is booted in the standard way, and all the log messages on bootup and startup look the same. The reason the USB installer doesn't work is because it relies on the filesystem mounted to /live/image, which includes some non tails files, a

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux 1.5

2012-05-31 Thread intrigeri
Hi, Andrew K wrote (31 May 2012 19:07:54 GMT) : > - Convenient access from the boot menu to the Tails Amnesic Incognito > Live System (This method of using Tails is not officially supported > by the Tails developers, and some features such as the USB installer > may not work). It always feels goo

[tor-talk] Pirate Linux 1.5

2012-05-31 Thread Andrew K
Pirate Linux 1.5 has just been released. The main OS in the ISO is based off Ubuntu 12.04. You can also just download piratepack, which is a DEB package which installs essentially the same features and has been tested on Ubuntu 10+ and Debian 6. Download page: http://piratelinux.org/?page_id=2 Fe

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux - First Release

2012-01-21 Thread AK
It's not meant to be lightweight. It's meant to be a general purpose system that one would install on a hard drive, with a balance between privacy and usability, as well as various options for increasing or decreasing privacy based on personal needs. I want to eventually target newcomers to Linux.

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux - First Release

2012-01-21 Thread M Robinson
On 1/21/2012 3:13 PM, and...@torproject.org wrote: > On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 02:33:05AM -0700, aka...@gmail.com wrote 3.0K bytes > in 57 lines about: > : This is a project I have been working on for the Pirate Party of Canada. > : You can see the feature list and download links at http://piratelin

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux - First Release

2012-01-21 Thread andrew
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 02:33:05AM -0700, aka...@gmail.com wrote 3.0K bytes in 57 lines about: : This is a project I have been working on for the Pirate Party of Canada. : You can see the feature list and download links at http://piratelinux.org. : The video walk-through is at http://youtu.be/s9kj

[tor-talk] Pirate Linux - First Release

2012-01-21 Thread AK
This is a project I have been working on for the Pirate Party of Canada. You can see the feature list and download links at http://piratelinux.org. The video walk-through is at http://youtu.be/s9kj4pziojQ. Some features that are perhaps unique when compared to other distros: - Ubuntu based togeth

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux

2011-08-14 Thread cmeclax-sazri
On Sunday 14 August 2011 18:50:06 AK wrote: > Ya but people also like to stream movies, download torrents, video chat. So > I'm not sure if Tor performs well enough for doing those things. I use Tor whenever I'm browsing, except for a few sites. I don't stream movies or video chat. I do occasiona

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux

2011-08-14 Thread AK
Ya but people also like to stream movies, download torrents, video chat. So I'm not sure if Tor performs well enough for doing those things. On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 3:53 PM, wrote: > On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 02:38:37PM -0600, aka...@gmail.com wrote 4.4K > bytes in 107 lines about: > : Ya its not

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux

2011-08-14 Thread andrew
On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 02:38:37PM -0600, aka...@gmail.com wrote 4.4K bytes in 107 lines about: : Ya its not just the Live CD aspect of it. But also, people aren't going to : use Tor 24/7. So if all internet traffic goes through Tor, that could turn That's just your assumption. I use tor 24/7 whe

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux

2011-08-14 Thread AK
Ya its not just the Live CD aspect of it. But also, people aren't going to use Tor 24/7. So if all internet traffic goes through Tor, that could turn away users from using it day to day. But I don't know, I haven't tried Tails since a few months ago so maybe there are some new features I'm unaware

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux

2011-08-14 Thread andrew
On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 12:31:04PM -0600, aka...@gmail.com wrote 6.2K bytes in 149 lines about: : We want Pirate Linux to be for day to day use, so a Purely Live CD wouldn't Purely livecd's can write to other storage though. I've used tails day to day when traveling with an encrypted fs on usb st

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux

2011-08-14 Thread AK
We want Pirate Linux to be for day to day use, so a Purely Live CD wouldn't make sense for that. We also want it to be easy to use for beginners, especially people who are new to Linux, so that's why we chose Ubuntu. But we can easily make a Debian version from that. We want the installer to choose

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux

2011-08-14 Thread intrigeri
Hi, AK wrote (05 Aug 2011 01:44:05 GMT) : > Soon we plan to create an ISO from this that will be based on > Ubuntu. It will have a Live Boot feature and Full Disk Encryption. > The Live Boot feature will allow someone to simply reboot their > system from the Pirate Linux disc and choose to boot a

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux]

2011-08-05 Thread Peter Tonoli
Hi There, AK wrote: Sorry forgot to answer your first question. The sources are mostly taken from already quite trusted sources and can be verified by PGP signatures. You can also read the sources and since they get compiled on your computer, you know that what you read is what you get. Also

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux

2011-08-04 Thread AK
Sorry forgot to answer your first question. The sources are mostly taken from already quite trusted sources and can be verified by PGP signatures. You can also read the sources and since they get compiled on your computer, you know that what you read is what you get. Also, other people can read th

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux

2011-08-04 Thread AK
I know, you still have to trust the standard Ubuntu programs such as gcc & firefox. But, you already made the decision to trust those when you installed Ubuntu. The piratepack doesn't force you to trust any new repositories. On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Ted Smith wrote: > On Thu, 2011-08-04 a

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux

2011-08-04 Thread Ted Smith
On Thu, 2011-08-04 at 19:44 -0600, AK wrote: > - No need to trust nonstandard binary executables. Polipo, tor, vidalia, > piratepack binaries are automatically compiled from source on installation. How do I know that the sources are trustworthy? Or that the programs used to compile (or verify the

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux

2011-08-04 Thread Scott Elcomb
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Jack Waugh wrote: > Does this have something to do with Pastafarianism?  Heh, heh. Pirates eat pasta. :P --   Scott Elcomb   @psema4 on Twitter / Identi.ca   Atomic OS: Self Contained Microsystems   http://code.google.com/p/atomos/   Member of the Pirate Party

Re: [tor-talk] Pirate Linux

2011-08-04 Thread Jack Waugh
Does this have something to do with Pastafarianism? Heh, heh. Your neighbor from the south ___ tor-talk mailing list tor-talk@lists.torproject.org https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk

[tor-talk] Pirate Linux

2011-08-04 Thread AK
Hi, I'm looking for Tor Developers to test out a project I'm working on for the Pirate Party of Canada. Please see http://piratelinux.org Unique features: - No need to trust nonstandard binary executables. Polipo, tor, vidalia, piratepack binaries are automatically compiled from source on instal