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17 Sep 2012, 8:02 pm

I was recently told that Black Hat is one of the most secure GNU/Linux Distributions. I have used Hardened Linux From Scratch and Security Enhanced Linux before. I was wondering which Linux Distribution is the most secure?



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17 Sep 2012, 8:23 pm

I don't know, but that makes me want to create my own distro called Heisenberg Linux.



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17 Sep 2012, 8:56 pm

MyFutureSelfnMe wrote:
I don't know, but that makes me want to create my own distro called Heisenberg Linux.


:lol: If you do, you should let the cat be in charge...

I would definitely give that distro a try, too.


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17 Sep 2012, 10:17 pm

never tried blackhat, maybe is hould,

then again what is this i hear in the rumour department, heisenberg linux :scratch: :lol:


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17 Sep 2012, 11:10 pm

When I want something secure, I use OpenBSD.



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18 Sep 2012, 12:07 am

When I want something secure, I pull the network connection.

If you can't tell me specifically how something is more secure, then it probably isn't.


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18 Sep 2012, 5:40 am

sliqua-jcooter wrote:
When I want something secure, I pull the network connection.

If you can't tell me specifically how something is more secure, then it probably isn't.


I used to work with confidential patient data and had exactly the same solution. Lots of people wanted the data on the intranet, but none provided a good reason. It made the discussions about securing the data against intrusion really, really short.

On the other hand, in another place, I was once handed a disk of patient records by a medical student that contained the name, address, phone number and all blood test results of patients attending a particular hospital. Apparently the student simply asked for it for a project, and was handed a copy of the raw data.