Re: exposure to bootable Linux distros

[Eric Brown <ericbrow () ziplip com>]

Hello all,
Here's a site that's got a long long list of live linux cd distros.  They're broken down by purpose and/or size.  I 
believe there's already one here for kids.  I downloaded it, but my kids older computers don't like it very much.

http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php

My only problem with this site is, I've now got about 20 cd's laying around.

My favorite one is STD-Knoppix.

Enjoy,
Eric


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Tracy [mailto:greg () sixx com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004, 3:38 PM
> To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: exposure to bootable Linux distros
>
> I've had a lot of experience with a wide variety of these (live CDs), and am
> in fact playing around with remastering Knoppix for my young son to use for
> educational games. If you like PHLAK, you'll love Knoppix-STD (Security
> Tools Distribution).
>
> http://knoppix-std.org
>
> It's a more mature release and has better hardware detection, as well as
> better support for wireless tools out of the box. The most recent release
> boots into fluxbox by default and offers a web page that opens on boot that
> lists and explains all the tools included on the CD. It's a lighter weight
> distro and has a pretty large following.
>
> A CD that is popular with a friend who is involved in forensics is F.I.R.E.
> (forensic and Incident Response Environment). I haven't used it personally,
> but I'm aware that some of it's freatures are bundled in STD and PHLAK. It's
> at:
>
> http://fire.dmzs.com/
>
> Greg
>
> > From: "Jim Clark" <jclark () cmanet org>
> > Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 17:17:24 -0800
> > To: "Chris Halverson" <chris.halverson () encana com>,
> > <security-basics () securityfocus com>
> > Subject: RE: exposure to bootable Linux distros
> >
> > Am currently testing PLAK. So far greatly impressed.  It is a little
> > hard at first but the tools are phenominal.  FWIW.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chris Halverson [mailto:chris.halverson () encana com]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:20 AM
> > To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> > Subject: exposure to bootable Linux distros
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Has anyone had exposure to Operator (built from Knoppix) or PHLAX?  I
> > haven't been able to download and try them but it was brought up in one
> > of my classes that I am taking.
> >
> >
> >
> > What purposes do you pentest with these?
> >
> > External perimeter security, DMZ or internal?
> >
> > How would you block non-authorized users from utilizing these? (with the
> > exception of BIOS password protection and disabling the floppy, usb and
> > cdrom boot capabilities)
> >
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