Hi,
I am pleased to announce that we have made a new major release of Openwall GNU/*/Linux, version 3.0. ISO images of the CDs for i686 and x86-64 are available for download via direct links from:
http://www.openwall.com/Owl/
The ISOs include a live system, installable packages, the installer program, as well as full source code and the build environment. The download size is under 450 MB (for one CPU architecture).
Additional components, such as OpenVZ container templates, are available from the appropriate directories on the mirrors:
http://www.openwall.com/Owl/DOWNLOAD.shtml
Openwall GNU/*/Linux (or Owl for short) is a small security-enhanced Linux distribution for servers, appliances, and virtual appliances. Owl live CDs with remote SSH access are also good for recovering or installing systems (whether with Owl or not). Another secondary use is for operating systems and/or computer security courses, which benefit from the simple structure of Owl and from our inclusion of the complete build environment.
This release marks roughly 10 years of our project - development started in mid-2000, and Owl 0.1-prerelease was made public in 2001. Curiously, most other "secure" Linux distros that appeared at about the same time are no longer around. (EnGarde Secure Linux appears to be the only exception, but it is completely different both in approach to security and in functionality.)
Read more: Openwall GNU/*/Linux
I am pleased to announce that we have made a new major release of Openwall GNU/*/Linux, version 3.0. ISO images of the CDs for i686 and x86-64 are available for download via direct links from:
http://www.openwall.com/Owl/
The ISOs include a live system, installable packages, the installer program, as well as full source code and the build environment. The download size is under 450 MB (for one CPU architecture).
Additional components, such as OpenVZ container templates, are available from the appropriate directories on the mirrors:
http://www.openwall.com/Owl/DOWNLOAD.shtml
Openwall GNU/*/Linux (or Owl for short) is a small security-enhanced Linux distribution for servers, appliances, and virtual appliances. Owl live CDs with remote SSH access are also good for recovering or installing systems (whether with Owl or not). Another secondary use is for operating systems and/or computer security courses, which benefit from the simple structure of Owl and from our inclusion of the complete build environment.
This release marks roughly 10 years of our project - development started in mid-2000, and Owl 0.1-prerelease was made public in 2001. Curiously, most other "secure" Linux distros that appeared at about the same time are no longer around. (EnGarde Secure Linux appears to be the only exception, but it is completely different both in approach to security and in functionality.)
Read more: Openwall GNU/*/Linux