Hi, Full Name wrote (04 Mar 2015 23:46:14 GMT) : > I am concerned about the fact that Tails is using Debian with systemd & Gnome. > This so-called "init" & DE (I use the terms VERY loosely in relation to > systemd & > Gnome), is very much untested as a secure option,
What exact security aspects of GNOME and systemd are you concerned about? Note that systemd brings quite a few interesting security improvements that we're going to benefit from. > Not to mention that RedHat (developers of systemd & Gnome) also > recieves funding from the US government. I'll assume you really mean "are US government contractors". Which is probably the case for most companies who are investing time and money into developing large parts of the free software we ship. Dropping GNOME and not switching to systemd on our side wouldn't change this fundamentally. > IMO, just because the communication through Tor is "secure", if the OS itself > is > compromised would it not all be a waste of time? What's the question here exactly? Perhaps I simply don't get what you mean with "compromised" in this context. > I really don't want to start any flaming, I just want to know if there has > ever been > any thought into using a different distro/init/DE to create a Tails release. "different distro" -> addressed in our FAQ, I think. init -> lots more unexciting work for no benefit that I can see. DE -> it's been considered, yes. Cheers, -- intrigeri _______________________________________________ tails-support mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.boum.org/listinfo/tails-support To unsubscribe from this list, send an empty email to [email protected].
