New thread, really need assistance on this - high security hardware

Bob Gustafson bobgus at rcn.com
Fri Jan 27 13:06:19 UTC 2006


Check out the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. Mine arrived yesterday morning
and it is pretty neat. Has OS (reportably Debian Linux) on Flash. Linux
Journal cover article of last month.

On Thu, 2006-01-26 at 12:07 -0800, Rickey Moore wrote:
> Fedoration greets,  
> I'm hoping to develop a tablet clientdevice, no keyboard, no mouse, just a touchscreen and wireless and a static operating system burned onto a DVD, live filesystem in ram. I'd like to not have to use a
> harddrive at all. Just the DVD to boot from and ram and wireless combination for any file writing.  Any
> pointers in that direction would be appreciated. 
> 
> I understand that the Japanese have developed such machines to a high art for their education system. I
> don't want any input devices other than the touch screen for high security purposes... no output
> hardware besides the LED screen , wireless, and an audio jack. The case would have to be high impact
> rated, such as lexan material, and the box battery powered. Thumbprint login for security. 
> 
> My idea is that with virtually no input other than the touchscreen, it'll be secure as hell. Finally, it has
> to be cheap. Very cheap, if I'm to propose my !
> package
>  to state agencies. <cackles> Thanx, in advance, for
> any considerations, Ric
> 
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