Developer(s)Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d'information
Stable release
5.0
Written inC
Operating systemLinux
TypeSecurity,
LicenseGNU LGPL v2.1+[1][2]
Websiteclip-os.org

CLIP OS is a Linux-based operating system created by ANSSI, the National Cybersecurity Agency of France.[1][2] The aim is to produce a hardened operating system to secure sensitive information which meets[3] the needs of the French Administration.[1]

History

CLIP OS has been in development since before 2008.[1][2] In September 2018, ANSSI released two version of CLIP OS to the public: a stable version 4, and an in-development version 5.[2][1]

System overview

CLIP OS is based on the Hardened Gentoo variant of Gentoo Linux.[4] The developers have noted that whilst it has similar aims to Qubes OS, the environment isolation mechanism is different.[3] Further, administrators on a CLIP OS system will not be able to access user data, unlike a Qubes-based system.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "CLIP OS – Open Source secured operating system (Press release)". ANSSI (in French). ANSSI. 19 September 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Cimpanu, Catalin (20 September 2018). "French cyber-security agency open-sources CLIP OS, a security hardened OS | ZDNet". ZDNet. ZDNet. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. 1 2 CLIP OS development team. "The CLIP OS Project". CLIP OS. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Architecture — CLIP OS 5.0.0_alpha1 documentation". docs.clip-os.org. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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