It's something we discussed here a while back. The idea is, it's "Unix for Grannies" (hence the name), and it's *very* malware resistant. It's a Live-CD unix, and you use the HD only for storing data. The HD is mounted non-execute. So, you can never add software.
The idea is that 99% of people only want to use a browser, a WP and a picture/video viewer. And that 99.9% of people get all they need from a linux distro. And most of the other 0.1% of people, who won't use grannix, are savvy enough to be able to avoid getting infected or trojaned. I had hoped that this list, or something like it, would create such a distro, but it hasn't happened yet. On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Gregory Hicks wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:46:10 +0100 (BST) > > From: Drsolly <[email protected]> > > To: Juha-Matti Laurio <[email protected]> > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [funsec] Computer viruses slow African expansion > > > > Grannix > > > Dr Solly: > > What the heck is "grannix"? I assume some sort of anti-virus SW, but my > google foo seems to have deserted me. All I can see is some sort of dog > training aid... > > Care to enlighten please? > > Regards, > Gregory Hicks > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer > | Direct: 408.569.7928 > > People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men > stand ready to do violence on their behalf -- George Orwell > > The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. -- Thomas Jefferson > > "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they > be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
