Linux Security

Linux Security

It dawned on me that I did not say anything on Security in Linux in my book.

I am not an expert on security issues but is obsessed of protecting my data.

Very long time ago, I realized Facebook was  sharing my data without my knowledge. I wanted to de-register and after 6 months they contacted me but they said that they cannot remove my name and data. Subsequent investigation, I found they were sharing my information with USA security agencies. 

They actually hijacked the L.P.S Linux or Light and Portable Linux and renamed it as Trusted End Node Security (TENS). I stopped using it. 

This is similar to the Stuxnet used by Mossad guys to cripple Iranian Nuclear facilities.

Linuxtracker Note is as follows:

Trusted End Node Security (TENS), previously called Lightweight Portable Security (LPS), is a Linux-based live CD with a goal of allowing users to work on a computer without the risk of exposing their credentials and private data to malware, key loggers and other Internet-era ills. It includes a minimal set of applications and utilities, such as the Firefox web browser or an encryption wizard for encrypting and decrypting personal files. The live CD is a product produced by the United States of America.

But this goes deeper, long time ago during mid 90s, a guy from India was snoozing on my Windows Box. Using a Live Linux CD, may be Damn Small Linux (D.S.L.), I traced him back to India and left a message saying, if he ever tries it again, I would do the unthinkable. I never had any problem afterwords and of course, I switched to Linux completely.

This is the point when I started hating Indian to this date.

Coming to security my way, I have at least two versions of the same Linux distribution, namely Debian Gnome.

Both have my working data or the last copy. If something happens I fall back to the reserved copy. By the way, this has never happened to me after I started using Linux.

Second thing I do is, I reinstall same or the latest image at least once having completely formatted the partitions.

I have copy of working files in a USB stick which is rarely plugged into the system.

All my Linux images are stored in Ntfs partitions which I have two and both are full with images and DATA. This is because I am testing them not on Live session but by really installing them on hardware.

I have left only one.

That is Gnome OS, which is 2GB. I am currently downloading it.