bootable system with crypto keys
Unknown <[email protected]> Sun, 21 Nov 2004 06:07:12 +1100
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.bbc.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
hi, I'm new to lnx-bbc (just downloading it now!), but I have an idea which I'd like to run by you. What I want to do with it is burn a modified distro on multi-session CD-Rs, and on the 1st boot it should start up crypto programs such as ssh and gpg to generate crypto keys (or else let you load existing ones from hd / fd) and then burn the keys onto a second session of the CD-R. The idea is to provide to the masses a secure portable environment for internet crypto apps such as e-voting, reputation systems, private online storage, etc, which require strong crypto on the client side, and for which windoze cannot be trusted. Burning multi-session wastes a bit of the CD for lead-in and lead-out, hopefully we could squeeze it in. I think the coolness of having it in your wallet outweighs the extra stuff one could put on a full-size CD! Does this sound like a good idea? Any feedback would be appreciated. On another note, has anyone made a nice soft "sleeve" for their lnx-bbc to protect it from wear and tear in the wallet? I imagine that would be useful :) Sam