Most of the secure systems I build, start with Slackware base and
compile the added fetures onto the box.
Red Hat seems to add extra utilities etc so I'm never realy sure what
extra I'm installing.
Would be nice to have a distribution with security as first thing in
mind.
I'll offer what help I can however I'm not good at C....
Vadim E. Kogan wrote:
>
> The new distribution is about to be born :-)
>
> PSL == Pretty Secure Linux.
> Initialy was internal dist for BizNet. Died :( Now I want to bring it
> back to
> life.
>
> Main idea: security + speed on minimized system
> It is *not* supposed to be userfriendly. Even more - that's the
> distribution for admins.
>
> Priorities are:
> 1. security
> 2. safety/stability
> 3. speed
> 4. minimization (i.e. no unused programs. Anyway, that's also potential
> security risk)
> 5. everything else.
>
> The development is planned to be backward - i.e. actual installation
> programs & scripts will be done at the very end. That way anything made
> for PSL can be used on regular systems right away and won't become
> useless
> if PSL will never be finished for some reason.
>
> The difference from the regular distributions is that there are no
> packages from the "main ftp site". System is planned not as "smart black
> box", but "good helper". The point is that nobody can compile package
> better than the admin of the comp. But with hundreds of packages
> installed
> on all those comps in the LAN, it's really painfull to remember what is
> where, what was changed, etc. That's what PSL must do - help admin in
> software-related administrative tasks.
>
> The current status is 0. Discussion is about to begin. I'd like to see
> not
> only coders, but also people who feel that they can contribte ideas.
> Even
> if you're busy, but interested in the project, you probably can
> contribute
> by sending comments and new ideas.
>
> There is no web site right now, but hopefully I'll set up one pretty
> soon.
>
> Here are some of the initial ideas:
>
> 1. scripts/progs for checking for new releases of all installed soft
> 2. scripts for tuning for specific needs (like minimum non-root,
> deveping
> station (+t on gcc :))
> 3. progs for daily check - from FS to logs + statistics
> 4. config backup/restore
> 5. scripts for easy developing of packages
> support for cross compiling (even if it's PPro & P5, it's still
> different options!)
> support for auto-confguration on per-machine basis
> support for auto-installation
>
> More will be discussed on the PSL mailing list. Later it shell make it's
> way to the web... In about one week I'll post current ideas to the
> lists,
> so that everybody, who is interested will have time to subscribe. The
> archive of the maillist might help to catch up...
>
> The mailing list is up and should work Ok.
> Send "subscribe" in the subject to psl-request@vadim.gem.net to
> subscribe.
>
> AGAIN. That distribution isn't even started yet. Please, don't ask
> questions like "When it will be available?". Nobody knows. Maybe ideas
> are
> so bad that nobody will want it. So it won't be released at all :)
>
> And yes, I *do* know that this is a lot of work - that's why I need
> help.
>
> Vadim
>
>
>
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