Thanks, yes I also have seen young and old people use linux but I've also seen hundreds of people trained to use it and as soonas they have to update a package in Linux, get confused and reach for a windows machine. The NGO in a box stuff is ok but not what I am asking about at all, I'm speaking about a network for a Western NGO with significant operations and exposure from high-level threats and on the ground in 3rd world countries.
Most of what I have gotten so far are lectures and rhetoric. On Thu, Feb 28 at 06:26 PM (UTC), "Julian Oliver" <jul...@julianoliver.com> wrote: > ..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 > > -- > Julian Oliver > http://julianoliver.com > http://criticalengineering.org > -- > 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
