I've started playing around with some of the live linux security distributions, and thought it might be something others would be interested in. I've been pretty impressed with what I've seen so far, but they're not without their flaws.
In no particular order:
Knoppix-STD
Home: www.knoppix-std.org
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Knoppix-STD is a customized distribution of the Knoppix Live Linux CD <http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html>. Boot to the CD and you have Knoppix-STD. That would include a customized linux kernel (2.4.21 with ntfs rw, openmosix, and superfreeswan patches), Fluxbox windows manager, incredible hardware detection and hundreds of applications. Boot without the CD and you return to your original operating system. Aside from borrowing power, peripherals and some RAM, Knoppix-STD doesn't touch the host computer.
STD focuses on information security and network management tools. It is meant to be used by both the novice looking to learn more about information security and the security professional looking for another swiss army knife for their tool kit.
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PHLAK
Home: www.phlak.org
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PHLAK is a modular live security Linux distribution. PHLAK comes with two light gui's (fluxbox <http://www.fluxbox.org> and XFCE4 <http://www.xfce.org>), many security tools, and a spiral notebook full of security documentation. PHLAK is a derivative of Morphix <http://www.morphix.org>, created by Alex de Landgraaf.
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FIRE
Home: http://biatchux.dmzs.com
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FIRE is a portable bootable cdrom based distribution with the goal of providing an immediate environment to perform forensic analysis, incident response, data recovery, virus scanning and vulnerability assessment.
Also provides necessary tools for live forensics/analysis on win32, sparc solaris and x86 linux hosts just by mounting the cdrom and using trusted static binaries available in /statbins.
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If you have any others that you've heard of or used send me a link.
These are obviously free to dowload, but if you're bandwidth limited we have soft copies of all the latest releases in the ComSoc office (ENS130), just bring a cd or a laptop.
Thanks, Ryan
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