COMP 3000 2011 Report: Privatix

Part 1

Background

The name of our chosen distribution is the Privatix Live-System. The target audience for this system are people that are concerned about privacy, anonymity and security when web-surfing, transporting/editing sensitive data, sending email etc. Therefore, the goals of this distribution are mainly security and privacy related--being able to provide security-conscious tools and applications integrated into a portable OS for anyone to use at any time. The distribution is meant to be portable, coming in the form of a live CD which can be installed on an external device or a USB flash drive with an encrypted password to ensure that all your data remains private, even if your external device is lost or compromised. The Privatix Live-System incorporates many security-conscious tools for safe editing, carrying sensitive data, encrypted communication and anonymous web surfing.

This Privatix Live-System was developed in Germany by Markus Mandalka. It may be obtained by going to Markus Mandalka's website and navigating to the download page (Mandalka), selecting the version you wish to download (we chose the English version) and downloading it. The approximate size of the Privatix Live-System is 838MB for the full English version (there are smaller versions available which have had features such as GNOME removed). The Privatix Live-System was based off of Debian (Debian).