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VNUNet.com: Linux for the paranoid

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“Last weekend’s CodeCon conference in San Francisco saw
the launch of Tinfoil Hat Linux, a self-proclaimed “exercise in
over engineering” and security.

What started out as a secure, single floppy, bootable Linux
distribution for storing PGP keys, and encrypting, signing and
wiping files, turned into a useable Linux distribution for the
totally paranoid.

The homepage for Tinfoil Hat Linux claims that the distribution
is effective if customers are using a computer that could have a
keystroke logger installed, or if they need to use personal PGP
keys at work, school or at a web hosting facility where they don’t
trust or own the equipment.”

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