# Best Os? (1)
Need some good os suggestions for security?

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05-17-2023, 04:20 AM
Need some good os suggestions for security?
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05-18-2023, 01:10 AM
The one that you understand is the best os.

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05-18-2023, 03:34 AM
Depends on if you are going to be doing with the device. The general rule of thumb is if you are doing anything black hat where if you were caught it would significantly impact your future, regarding what careers you can have, what rights you will have, and your future ability to be successful, aka getting arrested for black hat hacking is a great way to ensure that you never get to work as a software dev, sys admin, or security engineer for a company again.In this example you are putting all your cards on the table by doing something i llegal, then don't half ass your opsec, its much better to go overkill on your opsec, than be lazy with it and have that be the reason you get busted.
But back to the question of which OS. the answer I will give is if you are planning to do black hat hacking. In this case, you would want an operating system that is open source, that you are able to harden, that gets frequent security updates, and has a solid full disk encryption implementation or is a specialized os that is live booted. My suggestions for operating systems that meet these requirements is one of the following:
- Debian w/ Whonix
- Qubes w/ Whonix
- Tails live boot with persistent storage
If you choose to use any of these operating system, you should have a plan in place of how you are going to destroy incriminating data if you hear your door getting kicked down. This could mean not storing any incriminating data locally, and memorize an ssh creds to your jump box where you store all of your incriminating data, this could mean having a kill switch that nukes the luks partition key slots when you press a certain key combination, or this could mean a thermite charge taped to your computers hard drive. Basically, you want to get creative and get unique with this. But what you don't want to do is not have a plan in place for that eventuality. Also look for key disclosure laws, as if you live in a country where the government can't force you to provide your encryption key, then you might be safe with just having a kill switch that kills power to your system, for example a laptop without a battery that is being powered with power cable and if you hear a knock, you just yank the cord out of the laptop causing it to loose power.
It would also be good if you figured out a way to deal with accidental ip leaks, and if tor is running on your device, and if malware runs on your device it could get around tor and ping home, then you need to consider how to mitigate that. Lots to think about and threat model.
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06-13-2023, 12:56 PM
Qubes is the best if you have some time to learn how it works and what you can do with it. also any OS you choose id recommend using Tails along side it especially if you are sticking to mac or windows for whatever reason you can come up with.
If qubes is too much, I really like the look of Mint and Fedora
Or final option Kali as a daily driver ez best hakz around
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06-14-2023, 02:38 AM
A clean OS. Don't just open up an incognito browser on a machine you regularly log into, connect to a VPN and call it good.
Use a fresh Linux OS you're comfortable with. The less persistence, the better.
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06-14-2023, 08:07 PM
anything that isn't broken.
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06-14-2023, 08:59 PM
whonix is cool, using it for more dangerous things
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I like to run Qubes with whonix on it
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Qubes: http://qubesosfasa4zl44o4tws22di6kepyzfe...dad.onion/
Whonix: http://www.dds6qkxpwdeubwucdiaord2xgbbey...syd.onion/
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