The Locker Box concept
Published on 11 February 2026 01:15 PM
Cruel Computer Designs

Features of the concept:
• Full ZFS disk encryption by default, key stored in a TPM chip (will require ZFS auth mechanism modification)
• Out of the box, preconfigured VPN for all users (Fleet), single web site, all nodes world-wide available after extra payment, full services access, you're getting, well, servers and whatnot ... (which will require a lot of networking infrastructure world wide, chaining vpns should be possible, will require a fleet of servers, yeah... lets talk about the Fleet... what's new in Fleet Department...) Fleet is supposed to have a multiplatform client
• Development of GUI for components like package management, packet filter, jails, filesystem management, service management, VPN management, network, nfs, smb management
• When it comes to the hardware platform, I’d base it on ARM or RISC and rather avoid using x86 based platforms
• The system will require a process of software and hardware selection and then detailed audit
• System updates get extenssive audits from all sides, security/stability/consistence and additional platform software can be added via future jail gui for sake of system structure
• One of the future features I see is a data kill switch. Lets say in combat condition a machine could be captured and even while being encrypted sent for analysis and possibly exploited for data. A bailout data killswitch could solve this issue. It would require a custom nvme device with a custom controller and a system drivers where predefined chunks of space on nvme memory contain containers that hold encrypted data. When “pulling” the switch, the controller would allow to instantly zero whole areas of the the drive, the predefined areas that hold the containers. That method wipes crucial data without destroying the whole system and bricking the device, this way the device can be still in use in meantime. That’s one of the ideas for future.
• Before wiper drives get manufactured, software kill switch is possible, kernel rapidly terminates the containers, the container key gets replaced with random key that intantly gets forgotten. Poor man's solution, however fully doable in software without need of specialized hardware. Yeah, kill switches are cool tools for military/espionage operations but they could also save a regime target from terrible fate in prison
• I suspect the first unit to not be too excessively priced due to generic construction of components of the initial design, the Fleet gonna be funded by the Fleet Membership plan
• Everyone's leet until they meet the fleet