Building a 'security consultant' laptop

[<mr_polanco () hotmail com>]

I wanted your input on how should I go about setting up a laptop that will 
be used for security testing purposes (penetration testing, forensics, 
etc). Also planning to add a pcmcia wireless card (any recommended?

This is the 
laptop:http://www.dell.com/us/en/bsd/products/model_inspn_inspn_1100.htm

I'm planning to dual boot Red Hat 9.0 and Windows 2k, along with 
installing the usual tools like Ethereal, nmap, tcpdump, etc.

What else should I add?  Are these the recomended OS, or would you put 
something else instead? In other words, if you were to walk into a company 
for a consulting job, what would you want to have on this laptop?

Thanks to all!



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