Speaking of GUNE/Linux operating systems, I am personally a big fan of LiveCDs such as Tails (https://tails.boum.org/), where you don't need to install any software on a computer and loose all data (almost all data) on a reboot.
Journalists, activists in high risk countries can have multiple copies of a LiveCD at home, work or school. Instead of carrying their activities in their laptops, they can load the CD and perform their tasks with little or no trace. --SiNA Julian Oliver: > ..on Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 03:00:11PM +0000, anonymous2...@nym.hush.com wrote: >> If you think you can get a board member or a finance person in an NGO to use >> Linux then you are detached from the reality of how most NGO's work. The use >> will simply ignore it. > > Really? Have you tried a recent desktop Linux distribution? What about > Android? > While not a fan of Ubuntu myself, I've seen both an 11yr old girl and a 70yr > old > retired farmer installing packages and watching videos, making documents in > Ubuntu. One quite often hears many people find it far less confusing than > Windows. > > Linux is just a kernel. GNU tools, applications and the UI are what make it a > Desktop OS - and they vary in usability. > > Anyway, to be a little more constructive on the topic, check out Tactical > Tech's > NGO-in-a-box. All built on free and open software: > > "Everyday tools for NGOs Base NGO in-a-box is a collection of tools for the > day-to-day running of small to medium sized NGOs. Produced by Tactical Tech in > association with WomensNet, this toolkit aims to make it easier to set up > base, > find the right software and learn how to use it. Targeted primarily at NGOs > and > advocacy organisations in developing countries the Box contains a set of > peer-reviewed Free and Open Source Software tools, with associated guides and > tutorials." > > http://archive.tacticaltech.org/ngo-in-a-box-base.html > > Testimonials: > > http://archive.tacticaltech.org/whatpeoplesayaboutus.html > > Cheers, > > Julian > >> >> On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:50:08 +0000 "Andreas Bader" >> <noergelpi...@hotmail.de> wrote: >>> anonymous2...@nym.hush.com: >>>> Hi, >>>> We are a human rights NGO that is looking to invest in the best >>>> possible level of network security (protection from high-level >>>> cyber-security threats, changing circumvention/proxy to protect >>> IP >>>> address etc, encryption on endpoints and server, IDS/Physical >>> and >>>> Software Firewall/File Integrity Monitoring, Mobile Device >>>> Management, Honeypots) we can get for a our internal network. I >>> was >>>> wondering if people would critique the following network, add >>>> comments, suggestions and alternative methods/pieces of >>> software. >>>> (Perhaps if it goes well we could make a short paper out of it, >>> for >>>> others to use.) >>> I also work for a human rights NGO. >>> First don't use an internal network, you need a decentral >>> communication >>> and information network. >>> Second, Windows is not easier than Linux, compare Windows 8 and >>> Debian >>> with Gnome 2. >>> I would probably use a SEL Kernel like in SL 6, when possible a >>> Live-System. >>> Forget all the closed-source software. >>> Now the Software: >>> -Firefox with Torbutton >>> -Thunderbird with Torbirdy and OpenPGP >>> -Vidalia >>> Encrypt your systems with LUKS, its also FDE. Truecrypt doesn't >>> work >>> with Linux as FDE. >>> You can possibly try Liberte Linux, someone on this list presented >>> it to >>> us, its made for secure communication. >>> And if you are unsure about Linux and Windows in "High Level >>> Security >>> Systems", then you should probably go and get a real >>> Sysadmin/Security-Fanatic. >>> How good are you with IT-Sec? >>> I don't want to offend you, but you sound like a beginner. >>> >>> Andreas >>> >>> (P.S.: Skype? You can't be serious. ICQ and Facebookchat is more >>> secure. >>> Use IRC). >>> -- >>> Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password >>> by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your >>> settings at >>> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> >> -- >> Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by >> emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > -- “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Gandhi XMPP: i...@jabber.ccc.de a5dae15f45a37e9768f6deae7b54807fc4942ec9 twitter.com/wwwiretap -- Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech
