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I've tested LPS in the past. Their primary goal is to provide access to your "enclave" (remote access services offered by your command) while leaving no trace o
by niels_olson 15y ago
I've tested LPS in the past. Their primary goal is to provide access to your "enclave" (remote access services offered by your command) while leaving no trace on the local machine. So you could be staying at the Omni Hotel in Belgrad and still check your command email from their business center.
As a practical matter, it verges on completely useless for any serious business. Note the screenshots don't include evidence of Citrix running, or even a web browser. There's no package management. You couldn't install it if you wanted to. As I recall, I never got networking up. That was a snapshot release from ... March, I believe.
I'm glad to see someone in US government working on desktop Linux. I would love to say goodbye to Windows XP. That said, for the advertized purpose, I've found an Ubuntu thumbdrive much more practical.
- burgerbrain 15y agoIt sounds like this system is meant to be something along the general lines of something like Tinfoil Hat Linux. If you're expecting Citrix... you're probably not in the target audience.
- niels_olson 15y agoI was asked to look at is, as I was also testing a Cr-48 at the time. I'm pretty sure I'm the target audience, and the target audience is offered many services via Citrix. Citrix has had Receiver for Linux for years. This project just isn't there yet.
- DaveMebs 15y agoThere is a Firefox icon on the desktop in the screenshot, and the article specifically mentions being able to run Firefox.
- niels_olson 15y agoyes, it can execute /usr/bin/firefox, but that doesn't do much good without eth0, iwi0, wlan0, en0, etc, etc.
- ww520 15y agoHardware can be easily rigged. A keylogger can be installed on the real keyboard to capture the typing when LPS is running. It's better to carry Dod issued Netbook to do secure business.