[liberationtech] advice on securing a new computer

Michael Rogers michael at briarproject.org
Mon Feb 11 12:36:24 PST 2013


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On 11/02/13 07:37, Douglas Lucas wrote:
> I should note the solution I came up with for this. "Use a firewall
> to monitor for suspicious outbound traffic." I guess that's the
> best solution there is short of disassembling the new machine and
> knowing what you're looking at.

I suppose one could imagine a Telex-like system for hiding exfiltrated
data in the random fields of an encrypted protocol, for reception by a
network middlebox. Especially if one had suitable middleboxes
installed in secret rooms all over the US. ;-)

Cheers,
Michael

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