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Re: [ANN] [KEY] KeyCoin | Fair Launch | Daily Updates | 8/3 Video, CoinsSource
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KryptoFoo
on 05/08/2014, 11:34:46 UTC
For ease of alpha distribution virtualization is probably best. I believe one security concern with VM is if the host machine has been infected with a keylogger, passwords in the VM could be compromised. That's why for final distribution, I would personally only use a guaranteed clean USB image. Hopefully we can also directly purchase branded KeyOS USB sticks.


I seem to be getting mixed reviews on the Alpha KEY-OS

I might be doing 2x diff versions of Beta KEY-OS for downloading

As some people would rather ONLY booting directly from USB no VirtualPC acess, as they feel and VirtualMachine would be in-secure,
I am unsure how this would limit the security as data is still encrypted and identity still hidden on network.

Others would rather boot up in an virtual enviroment and be able to acess files on any PC
( some also wanted built in Print server / ability to even have an printer acess pictures / docs to print via USB port  )

I was going to release it as an Virtual OS that could be booted and also run from an already booted PC with an Fat32 File system to allow compatibility across many OS's

A few features I have been told to remove due to security reasons
( I have a lot of mining rigs that boot from LAN I was going to have KEY-OS also act as an Boot server for thin clients  )
this feature more or maynot be removed

The Operating System  is linux flavoured

and I am currently trying to work out best way to allow end users to review the OS with out buying the physical USB stick  
I have disk images here for 4 gig 8 gig 16 gig USb sticks, that would require technical experience to clone them onto an existing USB  devices
which is why i was leaning towards 100% virtualization as its an simple copy and past into Fat32 partition plus an bootloader  


when released ( very soon )  it will be in torrent format *ONLY*
The initual speed will be slow because my home connection is shaped but we have seedbox's ready to take over after the initail seeding

can I please have votes for who wants
boot only
and
virtualized only
so I can decide which gets seeded first


Keep in mind this is only being released for testing Persistency / TOR Network / Wallet / PC:OS Compatibility

The Eye Candy / Trader Tools are being Left out until we exit Beta stage

also looking Forward to idea's on Software to have pre installed

So far the only aditional software installed are Wine / Java / Qt