[OT] Open source, security-focused Qubes OS hits alpha
Soh Kam Yung <[email protected]>
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[ http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/open-source-security-focused-qubes-os-hits-alpha-2010047/ ] [ http://qubes-os.org/Home.html ] ===== Open source, security-focused Qubes OS hits alpha Apr. 7, 2010 (12:53 pm) By: Matthew Humphries [...] Based on Xen, X Windows System, and Linux, Qubes OS is all about providing the user with an ultra-secure desktop experience. It achieves this by treating everything in isolation and using virtualization technology. [...] A Qubes OS user can create a separate virtual machine for doing their shopping online, accessing banking, or for creating documents. If during your shopping online a virus manages to manifest itself, it cannot infect the main system, or access your banking session, as everything is a separate VM in its own sandbox. For the user there is very little difference to a normal OS as Qubes OS still features copy-pasting and data transfers as you would expect, the only difference is it is all done as secure transfers between VMs. ===== -- Soh Kam Yung my Google Reader Shared links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/16851815156817689753) my Google Reader Shared SFAS links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16851815156817689753/label/sfas) _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]