Lightweight Portable Security
Lightweight Portable Security (LPS) is a Linux LiveCD developed and publicly distributed by the United States Department of Defense’s Software Protection Initiative that is designed to serve as a secure end node.
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- Open Source
- Linux
lightweight portable security (lps) is a linux livecd developed and publicly distributed by the united states department of defense’s software protection initiative that is designed to serve as a secure end node. it can run on almost any intelbased computer (pc or mac). lps boots only in ram, creating a pristine, nonpersistent, end node. it is capable using common access card (cac) software for authentication into dod networks.lpspublic turns an untrusted system (such as a home computer) into a trusted network client. no trace of work activity (or malware) can be written to the local computer hard drive. as of september 2011 (version 1.2.5), the lps public distribution includes a smart cardenabled firefox browser supporting dod's cac and personal identity verification (piv) cards, a pdf and text viewer, java, a file browser, remote desktop software (citrix, microsoft or vmware view), an ssh client, the public edition of encryption wizard and the ability to use usb flash drives. a public deluxe version is available that adds openoffice and adobe reader software.
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Privacy protection Security focused
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Productivity Developer Tools Utilities Security
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