Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://equestria.social/@SweetAIBelle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SweetAIBelle</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> <br>So yeah, even if anything beyond the minimalist 1440kB Floppy is quite bigger, being able to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reproduce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reproduce</span></a> a system and have <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ReproduceableBuilds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReproduceableBuilds</span></a> is in my eyes the only way to get enough <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/trust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trust</span></a> so <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CriticalInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalInfrastructure</span></a> providers would consider it even remotely for use.</p><ul><li>Or in some cases barely allow it <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/onsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onsite</span></a> for use.</li></ul><p>And that's why I use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a>: Because the motivations <a href="https://youtu.be/MkJkyMuBm3g&t=716" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">align with</a> those of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> and I also want counter-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FUD</span></a> decisionmakers by showing them: </p><p><em>"This is what I'd use to administrate your critical <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a> servers. You don't have to trust me, here's the code that you can build it yoursef - airgapped and inhouse - and it WILL exceed any security and auditability criteria you can create that any other OS can comply with!"</em></p><p>Not to mention a compact system can just yoink itself into RAM and <a href="https://youtu.be/MkJkyMuBm3g&t=168" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">just be available for tasking</a>, making <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ThinClient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThinClient</span></a> updates super fast and easy to facilitate across machines, preventing any persistence of malicious code or unauthorized access beyond reboot...</p><p>Basically the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VT69" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VT69</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYfpptgb6W8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>dumb terminal</em></a> but over <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> and thus way more practical!</p>