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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wetdry.world/@QuadRadical" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>QuadRadical</span></a></span> also apparently it aims to compromize <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> servers, so technically even if <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> didn't use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dbclient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dbclient</span></a> [which is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/dropbear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dropbear</span></a> build solely as SSH-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/client" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>client</span></a>] it may not even affect it at all since dropbear comes with it's own stuff...</p><p>Not shure if it uses said library at all...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> I'll propably have to gut functions out of toybox to get it where I want it to be, but then again the "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CORE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CORE</span></a>" Version of OS/1337 will be very much barebones....</p><p>Just the essentials to get <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dropbear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dropbear</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Client" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Client</span></a> to be able to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> into stuff, be able to make a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ramdisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ramdisk</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wget</span></a> / tiny-<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> everything else (i.e. a system image one could dd onto a HDD/SSD)...</p><p>Kinda like an old <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/netinstall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>netinstall</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Floppy</span></a>...</p><p>Ideally configureable to the point that I could also swap <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dbclient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dbclient</span></a> for dropbear as <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Server" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Server</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Not to mention that OS/1337 should really excel with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/reproduceability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reproduceability</span></a> in that the first <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/release" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>release</span></a> should be completely possible to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> from scratch by running a single <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bash</span></a> script that yoinks said sourcecodes, .config files and in the end spits out a working &amp; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bootable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bootable</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1440kB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1440kB</span></a> 3,5" <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FDD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FDD</span></a> image.</p><p>Nothing fancy but something useable - even if it's just a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dropbear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dropbear</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Client" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Client</span></a> (aka. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dbclient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dbclient</span></a>) and the basic <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a> tools to get <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/IPv4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv4</span></a> connectivity.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@HopelessDemigod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>HopelessDemigod</span></a></span> The current goal is to get a 0.1 release that fits on a 1.400kB 3,5" FDD and includes <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> (ideally 6.6.6 for maximum meme factor) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toybox</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dbclient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dbclient</span></a> (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dropbear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dropbear</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> as SSH-Client only) compiled against <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/musl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musl</span></a>-cross and bootable on any <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/i486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>i486</span></a> and up.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/OS-1337/OS1337</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>Same with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/neovim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neovim</span></a>:<br>I only have <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/1440kB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1440kB</span></a> for the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CORE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CORE</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/System" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>System</span></a> so yeah there isn't much beyond <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Toybox</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dbclient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dbclient</span></a> as well as the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bootloader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bootloader</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/init" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>init</span></a> script that I can fit there.<br><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=c4OyfL5o7DU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=c4OyfL5o7D</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>But what I do agree with is that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dropbear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dropbear</span></a> exists so why should one reimpement yet another <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Server" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Server</span></a> and/or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Client" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Client</span></a> when the bare minimum <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dbclient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dbclient</span></a> can be as little as &lt;200kB is beyond me.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGmtP5Lg_t0&amp;t=2749" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=SGmtP5Lg_t</span><span class="invisible">0&amp;t=2749</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OS1337" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OS1337</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/userspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>userspace</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/userland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>userland</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@JohannessNilsson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JohannessNilsson</span></a></span> ...tho any expansion in functionality will be paid for in space.</p><p>The current build can't do shit beyond running <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dbclient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dbclient</span></a> (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dropbear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dropbear</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a> client) and rebooting/shutting down.</p><p>There's no routine to even create a new file with "touch" and I've yet to test it as working...</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@JohannessNilsson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JohannessNilsson</span></a></span> </p><p>I mean I'd love to target some <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> tech like the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WeeCee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeeCee</span></a> or <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wee86" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wee86</span></a>...<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJEp4ZUG7BI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=aJEp4ZUG7B</span><span class="invisible">I</span></a><br>So feel free to contribute to OS/1337 if you have some idea to get things shrunk down for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/i486" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>i486</span></a> to ≤1440kB…</p><p>Cuz at this point it needs to fit <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kernel</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/toybox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toybox</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dropbear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dropbear</span></a> (or rather <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dbclient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dbclient</span></a> which is the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSH</span></a>-client - only functionality) and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/syslinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslinux</span></a> to boot...</p><p>So that one can at least do username + password logins using SSH. <br><a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/OS-1337/OS1337</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>