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Tinfoil Hat Linux is a secure, single floppy, bootable [[Linux]] distribution for storing PGP keys and then encrypting, signing and wiping files. At some point it became an exercise in over-engineering. |
'''Tinfoil Hat Linux''' is a secure, single floppy, bootable [[Linux]] distribution for storing [[PGP]] keys and then encrypting, signing and wiping files. At some point it became an exercise in over-engineering. |
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You may want to Tinfoil Hat Linux when .... |
You may want to Tinfoil Hat Linux when .... |
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* You're using a computer that could have a keystroke logger installed. [http://www.keyghost.com keyghost.com] is an example of a tiny & cheap hardware loggers. There are smaller & cheaper ones out there, and they're all hard to notice. Look for them the next time you're using a public terminal at a convention or hosting facility. |
* You're using a computer that could have a keystroke logger installed. [http://www.keyghost.com keyghost.com] is an example of a tiny & cheap hardware loggers. There are smaller & cheaper ones out there, and they're all hard to notice. Look for them the next time you're using a public terminal at a convention or hosting facility. |
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* Using your personal GPG keys at work, school or a web cafe where you don't trust or own the equipment. |
* Using your personal [[GPG]] keys at work, school or a web cafe where you don't trust or own the equipment. |
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* If you maintain a PGP Certificate Authority and have to have a safe place to use the CA key. |
* If you maintain a PGP Certificate Authority and have to have a safe place to use the [[CA]] key. |
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* If you're with [http://www.witness.org/ witness.org] &/or have to hide the very fact that you have PGP. |
* If you're with [http://www.witness.org/ witness.org] &/or have to hide the very fact that you have PGP. |
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* If you simply don't want to risk putting a PGP key on a hard drive where someone else might have access to it. |
* If you simply don't want to risk putting a PGP key on a hard drive where someone else might have access to it. |
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* The [[Illuminati]] are watching your computer, and you need to use morse code to blink out your PGP messages on the numlock key. |
* The [[Illuminati]] are watching your computer, and you need to use morse code to [[Blinkenlights|blink out]] your PGP messages on the numlock key. |
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Latest revision as of 19:57, 24 October 2006
Tinfoil Hat Linux is a secure, single floppy, bootable Linux distribution for storing PGP keys and then encrypting, signing and wiping files. At some point it became an exercise in over-engineering.
You may want to Tinfoil Hat Linux when ....
- You're using a computer that could have a keystroke logger installed. keyghost.com is an example of a tiny & cheap hardware loggers. There are smaller & cheaper ones out there, and they're all hard to notice. Look for them the next time you're using a public terminal at a convention or hosting facility.
- Using your personal GPG keys at work, school or a web cafe where you don't trust or own the equipment.
- If you maintain a PGP Certificate Authority and have to have a safe place to use the CA key.
- If you're with witness.org &/or have to hide the very fact that you have PGP.
- If you simply don't want to risk putting a PGP key on a hard drive where someone else might have access to it.
- The Illuminati are watching your computer, and you need to use morse code to blink out your PGP messages on the numlock key.
- source code for files on the floppy
- new 2.0 pre-release: http://tinfoilhat.shmoo.com/testing.html
- FAQ: http://tinfoilhat.shmoo.com/faq.html