The Air Force’s secure Linux distribution

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 30, 2011

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link.
]

The Software Protection Initiative (SPI) under the direction of
the Air Force Research Laboratory and the US Department Of Defense
recently created Lightweight Portable Security (LPS). Like the name
indicates, this is a small Linux desktop distribution that’s
designed for secure use.

LPS is designed to boot from a CD or USB pen-drive on any
Intel-based computer. It doesn’t install anything. It’s designed
solely to run solely in memory and to leave no traces behind when
you’re doing running it.


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Web Webster

Web Webster

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