__/ [ Sinister Midget ] on Wednesday 10 May 2006 10:57 \__
> On 2006-05-10, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> posted
> something concerning:
>> __/ [ Handover Phist ] on Tuesday 09 May 2006 23:09 \__
>>
>>> Handover Phist :
>>>> Roy Schestowitz :
>>>>> http://www.securedvd.org/get.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Includes:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1.) Backtrack
>>>>> 2.) Operator
>>>>> 3.) PHLAK
>>>>> 4.) Auditor
>>>>> 5.) Local Area Security Linux (LAS)
>>>>> 6.) Knoppix-STD
>>>>> 7.) Helix
>>>>> 8.) FIRE
>>>>> 9.) nUbuntu
>>>>> 10.) INSERT
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, but noone in the swarm has more than 3 meg of the thing...
>>>
>>> Ah! It seems they've just fixed their torrent problem.
>>
>> I'd *LOVE* to try nUbuntu one day. It has received some good publicity.
>> Their April Fool's prank was quite a blast as well. I have never heard of
>> most of the other distributions in that list. Maybe they should have gone
>> with fewer, better-known distributions. Sadly, many of the big vendors
>> make available no Live CD's. They want to have your machine pwned (sic)
>> before you have the chance to resist and re-consider.
>
> They seem to be all security-related. At least the ones I recognize
> are.
Yes, it's securedvd.org. I just wish that a joint distribution as such was
released for general-puspose use. I am not sure that nUbuntu enhances its
codebase to incorporate security addons. it's merely Fluxbox that's added.
> Here are others, still being seeded:
>
> http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=1862
>
> http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=1751
>
> There may be more there as well. I haven't looked more than casually
> over the last few weeks.
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