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• Based on Debian
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• Advanced Documentation
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• Kicksecure
  • Kicksecure for KVM
  • Kicksecure for Qubes OS

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• Backups and Restore
  • Backup Kicksecure VMs
  • Full Raw Disk Backup
• Builds
  • Build and Update Kicksecure from Source Code
• Design
  • Boot Clock Randomization
  • Technical Design
  • Kicksecure Security Roadmap
• Desktop Environments
  • Other Desktop Environments
• Firewalls
• Issues Tracker
  • Development Forum (.onion)
  • GitLab
  • GitHub
• Packages
  • apparmor.d (Full System AppArmor Profile)
  • apt-file - show which files are being included by a package
  • command-not-found - suggest installation of missing software packages in terminal
  • debug-misc: Enable Easier Debugging
  • hardened-kernel
  • security-misc: Enhance Miscellaneous Security Settings
  • swap-file-creator
• Repositories and Packages
  • Kicksecure APT Repository and Enabling / Disabling
  • Kicksecure Debian Packages and Safe Removal

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• Configuration Activities
  • Configuration Files and Drop-In Folders
  • Distribution Morphing
  • grub-live
  • grub
  • Install Debian (based) Linux Distributions in a Folder
• Research Papers
  • Psychology and Security Resource Page
• Sparse Files
• VM Operations
  • Increase the Virtual Hard Disk
  • Shrink Virtual Harddisk Size
  • Nested Virtualization
  • VirtualBox Tuning
• Threat Modeling
• NAT traversal
• Non Anonymous Onion Encryption and NAT Traversal
• Real Open Source Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Open Source Business Models

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• System Identity Camouflage
• CPUID - Security and Privacy Threats
• Signify: Cryptographically Sign and Verify Files
• Browser

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