Subgraph OS - Secure Linux Operating System for Non-Technical Users

grandpaflo

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Friday, March 04, 2016 Swati Khandelwal

Article in Full w/ Screenshots:

https://thehackernews.com/2016/03/subgraph-secure-operating-system.html
https://archive.is/ZNTFH

"Subgraph OS[1] is a feather weighted Linux flavor that aims to combat hacking attacks easier, even on fairly low-powered computers and laptops.

Subgraph OS comes with all the privacy and security options auto-configured, eliminating the user's manual configuration."

"Subgraph OS offers more than just kernel security. The Linux-based operating system comes with a slew of security and privacy features that its developers believe will be more accessible to non-technical users.

The OS also includes several applications and components that reduce the user's attack surface. Let's have a close look on important features Subgraph OS provides."

1. Automated Enhanced Protection with Application Sandboxing using Containers
2. Mandatory Full Disk Encryption (FDE)
3. Online Anonymity — Everything through Tor
4. Advanced Proxy Setting
5. System and Kernel Security
6. Secure Mail Services
7. Package Integrity

"Subgraph OS also provides an alternative way to trust the downloaded packages. The packages are to be matched against the binaries present in the operating system's distributed package list, thus becoming a finalizer.

Recently Backdoored Linux Mint hacking incident is an example to this.

Thus, Subgraph OS eliminates the usage of any tampered or malicious downloaded packages."

"How to Download Subgraph Os?

Subgraph Os will be available for download via its offical website. Let's wait for the operating system to get unveiled in Logan CIJ Symposium conference in Berlin on March 11-12 to experience the Cyber Isolation!!!"

[1] https://subgraph.com/sgos/

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Opinion: I don't agree with the author's story title of being "Secure" as nothing really is, but that's my opinion.
 

John Connor

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Tor is a joke. Better off using a VPN that doesn't allow port forwarding, pay with bitcoin and use an anonymous E-mail to sign up for said VPN. I would use a free proxy or VPN to create this E-mail. Keep in mind never to access the E-mail with your real IP address ever. So that means don't throw it in an E-mail client.

That's the way I roll. Reason being you can't subpoena crap. LOL

Also make sure you disable WebRTC. https://www.browserleaks.com/webrtc

Read that link, particularly on device IDs and see why Chrome is a piece of spying crap.


They mention sandboxing. I use Sandboxie in Windows... And that is in a damn VMware install.
 
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