On Thu, 22 Aug 2013, Michael Shuler wrote: > On 08/22/2013 12:06 PM, Stefan wrote: > > I've been toying with Live distros (CD, then USB) for many years, in > > support of security toolsets, to which I kept adding my own stuff, or > > customizing existing components. > > > > I am now trying to "build" a network toolset LiveCD/USB, but this time with > > a completely different purpose: I would like to put it in the hands of all > > remote offices we have on our network, and use it to have local systems > > boot out of it, and help us then run troubleshooting tools, from the > > central office, by SSH/X-ing into the remote live system (e.g. iperf, > > hping3, httping, tcping, mtr, tcpdump, voip tools, some "thin" > > clients/apps, synthetic transactions scripted to run at diff time > > intervals, and report back to us the "health" seen form the remotes, etc.). > > Has anybody used a "base" network tools Live CD/USB that they would > > recommend, having used as "basis" for such a "network probe" functionality? > > http://www.kali.org/ - it is completely customizable, as well.
Alternatively, GRML Linux: http://grml.org/features/ http://grml.org/files/ http://grml.org/faq/ I understand it is more about admin than pentesting. Also, last time I downloaded (few months ago), images were somewhere in <=~ 400MB area (vs Kali's 2GB, AFAIK). I am not sure about customizations. It is some kind of Debian's relative, so, in theory, why not. BTW, I am long time lurker and this is my first post here, so hello everybody. You guys know what are your interests - mine are there, too, either full set or a subset. Regards, Tomasz Rola -- ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** ** ** ** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_r...@bigfoot.com **