ISXUbuntu/Documentation
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ISXUbuntu Developers page
Documentation
Right now the documentation is just a bare outline that needs to be filled in.
Developer Documentation
- How to build an iso
- How to run and test
- Using xen
- chroot
- How to create a package file
- How to create a package file for mozilla plugins
End user documentation
What ISXUbuntu is, and how to use it
- What Ubuntu is, and how ISXUbuntu differs
- How to harden a standard Ubuntu distribution to be like ISXUbuntu
- Additional security measures we didn't include in ISXUbuntu
How the internet works and why you should care
- What ip is
- Cover these issues:
- Snooping on ethernet
- :man in the middle attacks, ethernet arp spoofing
- :ip routes could be hijacked (like what happened to youtube)
- :tcp sequence guessing (Is this a big deal? I'm not sure)
- What dns is
- It matters because: your local dns could be hijacked to point you to fake sites
- (some viruses install entries in the windows hosts file)
- your local dns could be cache poisoned
- domains
- can be fake, or typo domains, or have been taken over when lapsed, or simply stolen (like what happened to comcast)
- using a browser smartly
- how to tell if you are using an encrytped session (some people believe lock icons 'on the page itself' even if the browser is showing an unlocked lock).
- What browser warning certificate warning messages mean
- Cross site scripting (how do browser users defend against this?)
- How cookies allow sites like doubleclick to track you from site to site
- Privacy Policies: They can say that a company will sell your information to whoever will pay for it (examples?)
- Smart shopping: Using paypal, secure code, temporary credit card numbers
- Information to protect: Don't give out your social security number online! (what else?)
