Lightweight portable security
I just discovered Lightweight Portable Security, a Linux distribution released by the US Air Force. The idea is that it’s a system which boots from a CD or flash drive and works entirely in volatile memory — thus any malware is unable to survive a reboot.
They even have an LPS-Remote Access which is the only way to access government systems without government-furnished equipment. That’s pretty cool!
It’s a nifty idea, particularly for folks who have to travel and use unknown hardware a lot. Of course, a true paranoid would develop his own version of LPS, not use one from the Air Force.
07 February 2018: updated URL