Today, Halloween, marks the debut of Devil-Linux 1.0, a runs-from-CD (or USB flash device) firewall/router distribution designed to give you a large amount of security in return for very little setup work. The Halloween release date and the 'Devil-Linux' name itself were chosen for humor value, not for religious reasons. The Devil-Linux developers tend to be light-hearted, but don't let their conversational silliness fool you: This is serious software with a serious purpose.
Obviously, an operating system that runs from a CD can't be altered by someone who tries to take control of the computer it's on from a remote location. This is a better anti-hacker defense than any obscure password or software-based protection scheme ever developed.
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