Trustix
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Trustix Secure Linux was a Linux distribution
intended for use on server
s and focused on security and stability. It was a hardened and secure OS, meaning that non-essential services and binaries are not installed, while UNIX
staples like Sendmail
are replaced by programs like Postfix
.
Trustix was originally produced by Trustix AS. The company was established late in 1997 by entrepreneurs from USA and Norway. The company went bankrupt in 2003 and Comodo Group bought the assets in November 2003. Shortly thereafter Comodo announced the end of the free version of Trustix Secure Linux. Not long thereafter Comodo changed their minds and the free version reappeared.
By late 2005 a series of budget cuts had resulted in many of the developers being laid off, and by early 2006 all members of the original Trustix team had left the company. Trustix Secure Linux continues to be maintained by a very small team of developers in India.
By late 2007 Comodo announced that it will discontinue all distribution, updates and direct support for Trustix Secure Linux effective December 31, 2007.
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...
intended for use on server
Server (computing)
In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
s and focused on security and stability. It was a hardened and secure OS, meaning that non-essential services and binaries are not installed, while UNIX
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
staples like Sendmail
Sendmail
Sendmail is a general purpose internetwork email routing facility that supports many kinds of mail-transfer and -delivery methods, including the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol used for email transport over the Internet....
are replaced by programs like Postfix
Postfix (software)
In computing, Postfix is a free and open-source mail transfer agent that routes and delivers electronic mail. It is intended as a fast, easier-to-administer, and secure alternative to the widely-used Sendmail MTA....
.
Trustix was originally produced by Trustix AS. The company was established late in 1997 by entrepreneurs from USA and Norway. The company went bankrupt in 2003 and Comodo Group bought the assets in November 2003. Shortly thereafter Comodo announced the end of the free version of Trustix Secure Linux. Not long thereafter Comodo changed their minds and the free version reappeared.
By late 2005 a series of budget cuts had resulted in many of the developers being laid off, and by early 2006 all members of the original Trustix team had left the company. Trustix Secure Linux continues to be maintained by a very small team of developers in India.
By late 2007 Comodo announced that it will discontinue all distribution, updates and direct support for Trustix Secure Linux effective December 31, 2007.