Installation on Debian buster hosts using the kicksecure-cli package initially tested by developer, call for wider testing upcoming.
Work on Whonix-Host recently started. Developers succeeded in creating a bootable live ISO which can be used live and optionally installed to the hard drive. Anyone welcome to contribute a Kicksecure ISO.
KVM porters welcome.
Qubes porters welcome.
Version Number:
15.0.0.5.8
In future, new Kicksecure images will probably released at the same time new Whonix images are released. This is because Kicksecure and Whonix share a common base of source code. Whonix is based on Kicksecure. This also explains why the first release of Kicksecure already comes with a high version number.
It is indeed non-ideal that Kicksecure is hosted on whonix.org. Ideally it would be migrated to its own domain name kicksecure.com. Due to lack of project resources (such as lack of a volunteer webmaster) for the time being, Kicksecure will be hosted on whonix.org.
Had an issue with VM window resizing to full screen. Following the VirtualBox screen resolution bug instructions would ONLY work if I resized during the VM boot process. If I tried afterwords the VM window would not scale to full screen. Resolved now but its a little weird.
My one suggestion is to implement system wide encryption. I realize you have a wikipage dedicated to weighing the pros and cons over if this is really important, but the bottom line is every security professional will tell you it’s vital.
I also realize it’s tricky since you deliver a virtual machine. However your same wiki page proposes how it’s still possible. Given how much effort you are putting into making Kicksecure/Whonix top security distros, it only makes sense to go this one step further and implement a security feature - system wide encryption - that near everyone concludes is important.
PS. It’s important users change the default passwords from the beginning already. You might as well force the issue and setup new encryption keys while you are configuring everything else initially as well.
Does it use DNSCrypt or Anonymized DNSCrypt ? You can do a seach on reddit Anonymized DNSCrypt (it was announced 1 month ago) I cant post links
Can ISP or someone fingerprint me and see that I use Kicksecure ? Are there any packages sent to whonix server ? Or it’s only apt-get upgrade server, but I can torify them and for ISP Kicksecure will look like I use Debian with torified sources.list.
If I add non-free contrib and install gpu drivers, it will be okay for gaming ?
In simple terms, Kicksecure ™ is a collection of configuration files and scripts. Based on Debian, anything possible in “vanilla” Debian GNU/Linux can be replicated in Kicksecure ™. Likewise, most problems and questions can be solved in the same way. For example, “How do I install OpenVPN in Kicksecure ™?” would be answered with "The same way as in Debian; apt-get install openvpn ".