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Question about anonym.os and GPG
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| [Anonymous] Persona 2006-04-18, 12:11 am |
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I've booted up the anonym.os live CD and I find it
to be impressive if a bit cumbersome and slow.
I noted that there is a directory (folder?) called
GPG and in it there is a configuration file and
two 0 byte file for keys.
Is there a GPG program on the disk, and how could I
access it (make it run)? How could I access my keyfiles?
My C: drive is formatted with NTFS.
Also, is there a way to make an encrypted volume file
on the C: drive with anonym.os (IOW, is there a program
like TrueCrypt on the CD)? If there were, would it
work with the NTFS formatted C: drive?
I saw another live CD based on the Bart CD that had such
features including PGP, XNews, and other frequently used
Windows programs, but unfortunately I couldn't get it to
connect to my wireless router (whereas the anonym.os
CD connected without a hitch).
Thanks,
Persona
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| Bart PE Fan 2006-04-18, 12:11 am |
| In article <1144885809_732@bigapple.yi.org>
"[Anonymous] Persona" <anonymous@bigappleremailer.com> wrote:
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> I saw another live CD based on the Bart CD that had such
> features including PGP, XNews, and other frequently used
> Windows programs, but unfortunately I couldn't get it to
> connect to my wireless router (whereas the anonym.os
> CD connected without a hitch).
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> Thanks,
>
> Persona
>
How about a link to that CD? I'd like to check it out.
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| George Orwell 2006-04-18, 12:11 am |
| [Anonymous] Persona wrote:
> -----BEGIN TYPE III ANONYMOUS MESSAGE----- Message-type: plaintext
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> I've booted up the anonym.os live CD and I find it to be impressive if a
> bit cumbersome and slow.
Live CD's are that way. Good for temporary and experimental use,
frustrating for anyone use to anything but an ancient 8088. Tor doesn't
help the situation any either, but hey..... it's anonymous and secure.
> I noted that there is a directory (folder?) called GPG and in it there is
> a configuration file and two 0 byte file for keys.
Live CD's usually do create "placeholder" files for commonly accessed
programs to avoid errors. I'm not real familiar with Anonym.OS, but I
would guess that something like GPGMe is loading and needs at least some
file to touch. Just a guess. The placeholders might be there for some
other reason.
> Is there a GPG program on the disk, and how could I access it (make it
> run)?
Try opening a terminal and typing 'gpg --version' without the quotes at
the prompt. You can try 'which gpg' too, which should give you the path to
your GnuPG executable. From there it's a matter of RTFM. ;)
As far as fancy graphical front ends and plugins you'll have to poke
around on your own.
> How could I access my keyfiles? My C: drive is formatted with NTFS.
Don't know if Anonym.OS has native support for NTFS (HPFS?) file systems
or not. Again, a little RTFM is in order. You might also want to try 'man
mount', which will at least get you up to speed on the way *nix handles
setting up access to its devices.
If all else fails, a suitable alternative might be to put your key rings
on a removable device like a USB thumb drive and quickly edit your
~/.gnupg/options file to point to that device after it's been mounted.
> Also, is there a way to make an encrypted volume file on the C: drive with
> anonym.os (IOW, is there a program like TrueCrypt on the CD)? If there
> were, would it work with the NTFS formatted C: drive?
Not with an NTFS drive as far as I know. BSD does have the ability to
create encrypted file systems though. They won't be accessible from your
Windows setup though.
Here again, a suitable alternative might be a FAT32 partition with
individually encrypted files or similar. That should be universally
accessible without much bother at all.
> I saw another live CD based on the Bart CD that had such features
> including PGP, XNews, and other frequently used Windows programs, but
> unfortunately I couldn't get it to connect to my wireless router
> (whereas the anonym.os CD connected without a hitch).
Plus, it's not Windows. <grin>
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| Persona 2006-04-18, 12:11 am |
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References: <1144885809_732@bigapple.yi.org> <WZDQJWIT38820.0227314815@twistycreek.com>
On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:32:44 GMT, Bart PE Fan wrote in alt.privacy.anon-
server:
> In article <1144885809_732@bigapple.yi.org>
> "[Anonymous] Persona" <anonymous@bigappleremailer.com> wrote:
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> How about a link to that CD? I'd like to check it out.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/anonym-os
Use the Download button.
Persona
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| Bart PE Fan 2006-04-18, 12:11 am |
| On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:32:44 GMT, Bart PE Fan wrote in alt.privacy.anon-
server:
> In article <1144885809_732@bigapple.yi.org>
> "[Anonymous] Persona" <anonymous@bigappleremailer.com> wrote:
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> How about a link to that CD? I'd like to check it out.
>http://sourceforge.net/projects/anonym-os
>Use the Download button.
>Persona
I meant a link to the Bart PE CD with pgp, Xnews, etc.
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| Persona 2006-04-18, 12:11 am |
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References: <1144885809_732@bigapple.yi.org> <WZDQJWIT38820.0227314815@twistycreek.com> <6V7FULZU38822.8819907407@twistycreek.com>
On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:10:04 GMT, Bart PE Fan wrote in alt.privacy.anon-
server:
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:32:44 GMT, Bart PE Fan wrote in
alt.privacy.anon-
> server:
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> I meant a link to the Bart PE CD with pgp, Xnews, etc.
I wish I could, but it was configured by a friend of mine.
He simply took the time to put all of the bells and whistles
on the BartPE drive (including TrueCrypt), but the
programs and links were put on a TrueCrypt Encrypted
Volume file that would fit onto a USB keydrive.
With the necessary registry entries for PGP, Mozilla
Firefox, TOR, Privoxy, and a couple of other programs.
XNews requires no registry entry, but is included in the
USB Keydrive.
Like I said before, it works on virtually any computer
but mine since there doesn't appear to be any way
for my wireless network setup to be setup with BartPE.
[I'm sure there probably is, but it seems to have escaped
my otherwise brilliant friend.]
Persona
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| Bart PE Fan 2006-04-18, 12:11 am |
| On Sun, 16 Apr 2006 01:10:04 GMT, Bart PE Fan wrote in alt.privacy.anon-
server:
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:32:44 GMT, Bart PE Fan wrote in
alt.privacy.anon-
> server:
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> I meant a link to the Bart PE CD with pgp, Xnews, etc.
I wish I could, but it was configured by a friend of mine.
>He simply took the time to put all of the bells and whistles
>on the BartPE drive (including TrueCrypt), but the
>programs and links were put on a TrueCrypt Encrypted
>Volume file that would fit onto a USB keydrive.
>With the necessary registry entries for PGP, Mozilla
>Firefox, TOR, Privoxy, and a couple of other programs.
>XNews requires no registry entry, but is included in the
>USB Keydrive.
>Like I said before, it works on virtually any computer
>but mine since there doesn't appear to be any way
>for my wireless network setup to be setup with BartPE.
>[I'm sure there probably is, but it seems to have escaped
>my otherwise brilliant friend.]
>Persona
Too bad your friend is so selfish.
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