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A Comparative Look at Compact Sysadmin Distributions
Sep 19, 2008, 01 :33 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (471 reads)
(Other stories by Cory Buford)
"Each of these distributions is easy to use -- just insert the CD or plug in the USB drive on which it's installed, then boot. Each gives you access to a variety of open source tools that you can use to manage disks, partitions, and files and perform diagnostics and network troubleshooting. These distributions provide most of the tools that you might need in an emergency situation."
Complete Story Link dead unless member
use link below talking about story
Related Stories:
SliTaz Live CD: Small But Beautifully Marked(Aug 15, 2008)
Become A System Rescue Guru With Linux, Part 1(May 16, 2008)
Deep, Down and Dirty PC Repair(May 13, 2008)
The Best Linux System Repair Disk Graduates to 1.0(Mar 04, 2008)
http://www.linuxtoday.com/it_management/2008091900235OSRL
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Distribution Release: Helix 2008R1 Helix apparently went commercial. First two links dead and third takes you to an enterprise page. Feb 2009
helix Drew Fahey has announced the release of Helix 2008R1, an Ubuntu-based live CD with a collection of incident response and forensic analysis software: "Helix 2008R1 (2.0) has officially been released and is available for download. This is a major update to the bootable side of Helix, as it is based on Ubuntu rather than KNOPPIX. There are a number of other changes: Guidance Software Linen v6.11.2.2; AFFLIB 3.3.3 - open and extensible file format designed to store disk images and associated metadata; aimage 3.1.0 - advanced disk imaging tool; Autopsy 2.08 - GUI front-end to Sleuth Kit tools; Sleuth Kit 2.52 - open source digital investigation forensic tools; chkrootkit v0.47 - determine whether system is infected with a rootkit; chntpw 0.99.3 - utility to overwrite Windows SAM passwords...." Read the release announcement and changelog for more details.
http://helix.e-fense.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=974
Changelog http://helix.e-fense.com/Updates.html
Download (MD5): Helix2008R1.iso (702MB)
http://helix.e-fense.com/Download.html
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Complete story as it won't let me edit above. Compact Sysadmin Distributions
http://www.linux.com/feature/147591
Apparently, I chose a bad time to try and edit.
Now works fine
Link changed Feb 2009
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| Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject: Open Thin Client |
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http://openthinclient.org/home
The current openthinclient-0.3.0 downloadable release should work on any WINDOWS/LINUX/UNIX/POSIX operating systems with Java 6 installed. A Sun Java 6 (JRE or SDK) is available hereexternal link.
http://openthinclient.org/home
Please have at least a glimpse at the Installation, Prerequisites and openThinClient manager pages before installation.
Don't be alarmed by some funny software characteristics: This early open source release still includes some known issues and bugs of a more or less serious kind  . Have a look at the issue tracker where all open bugs are listed and a road map is availible.
Do not hesitate to send us feedback about any problems regarding this version. Just drop a mail to openthinclient-user@lists.sourceforge.net.
Have fun!
http://openthinclient.org/downloads?bl
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 3:44 am Post subject: Democrakey |
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Have to use windows on the road or at work.
Democrakey
A portable security suite to protect you while using different computers. Includes a virus scanner, secure web browser, and secure e-mail clients. Secure web browser has feature to hide your web browsing patterns from anyone tapping your web connection. In the future, will have file encryption to hide and password protect sensitive files. Right now it’s based on work done by John T. Haller at PortableApps.com
Features
* Protect your computer from viruses with a security enhanced version of Firefox
* Visit sites that are blocked by your school/employer/government
* Hide your internet actions with Tor
* Encrypt personal emails with GPG
* Scan your computer with portable built in Antivirus software
* Runs from any portable media - iPod, USB key, Digital Camera…
* It’s FREE and Open Source!
http://www.democrakey.com/
http://www.democrakey.com/category/download-democrakey/
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| Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:58 am Post subject: New Clonzilla |
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Distribution Release: Clonezilla Live
You're probably familiar with the popular proprietary commercial package Norton Ghost®, and its OpenSource counterpart, Partition Image. The problem with these software packages is that it takes a lot of time to massively clone systems to many computers. You've probably also heard of Symantec's solution to this problem, Symantec Ghost Corporate Edition® with multicasting. Well, now there is an OpenSource clone system (OCS) solution called Clonezilla with unicasting and multicasting!
Clonezilla, based on DRBL, Partition Image, ntfsclone, partclone, and udpcast, allows you to do bare metal backup and recovery. Two types of Clonezilla are available, Clonezilla live and Clonezilla SE (server edition). Clonezilla live is suitable for single machine backup and restore. While Clonezilla SE is for massive deployment, it can clone many (40 plus!) computers simultaneously. Clonezilla saves and restores only used blocks in the harddisk. This increases the clone efficiency. At the NCHC's Classroom C, Clonezilla SE was used to clone 41 computers simultaneously. It took only about 10 minutes to clone a 5.6 GBytes system image to all 41 computers via multicasting!
http://www.clonezilla.org/
Stable 1.2.1-53
http://www.clonezilla.org/download/sourceforge/stable/iso-zip-files.php
BETA 1.2.2-2
http://www.clonezilla.org/download/sourceforge/testing/iso-zip-files.php
Ubuntu based 20090413-jaunty Experimental May be Alpha or BETA
http://www.clonezilla.org/download/sourceforge/experimental/iso-zip-files.php
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject: PLOP ( rescue ) |
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PLoP Linux is a small distribution that can boot from CD, DVD, USB flash drive (UFD), USB harddisk or from network with PXE. It's designed to rescue data from a damaged system, backup and restore operating systems, automate tasks and more. 52 Meg
Current stable: v3.8.3 Site in English or Deutsch ### Jul 2009
PLoP Linux is not for beginners. Use it at your own risk
http://www.plop.at/en/ploplinux.html
Downloads, { PLOP and syslinux and more )
http://www.plop.at/en/ploplinuxdl.html
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:46 pm Post subject: CryptoNAS |
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The CryptoNAS project brings data encryption to the masses.
* The CryptoNAS live-CD is made for people who want to encrypt their data without bothering about complicated technical issues.
A computer running the CryptoNAS live-CD works as a fileserver (NAS) that encrypts your private data.
* The CryptoNAS-Server package adds a user friendly, web-based frontend for harddisk encryption to an existing fileserver.
Take a look at the CryptoNAS usage example!
It may give you a better understanding of what the CryptoNAS does and how it works.
http://cryptonas.org/index.html
http://cryptonas.org/download.html
[mel note: Site appears active, and software works, but live CD is dated 2007.
Check it out if cautious, but looks interesting ]
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| Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject: DVL |
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Now something a little different. IT Training with Bas software.
Welcome to Damn Vulnerable Linux, your free IT security training environment provided by IITAC - International Institute - Your place for IT Security Training & Auditing!
and
First steps with Damn Vulnerable Linux
Download the distribution and run it in a virtual machine. Do not install this at your harddisk.
Start the virtual machine. You are root by defaul...
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Securing Linux by breaking it with Damn Vulnerable Linux
Damn Vulnerable Linux (DVL) is everything a good Linux distribution isn't. Its developers have spent hours stuffing it with broken, ill-configured, outdated, and exploitable software that makes...
Read More >>
http://www.damnvulnerablelinux.org/
http://www.damnvulnerablelinux.org/index.php/eng/Damn%20Vulnerable%20Linux%20Distro/Damn%20Vulnerable%20Linux
Now at www.distrowatch.com 9 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject: Craine digital Forensics |
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CAINE (Computer Aided INvestigative Environment) is a GNU/Linux live distribution created by Giancarlo Giustini as a project of Digital Forensics for Interdepartment Center for Research on Security (CRIS), supported by the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia.
The project does not aim to propose “yet another forensic tool” or a framework for collecting open source programs, because many forensic distributions already exist (e.g., Helix, FCCU, Deft). The CAINE forensic framework contains a collection of tools wrapped up into a user friendly environment. Furthermore introduces novel important features; it aims to fill the interoperability gap across different forensic tools, it provides a homogeneous GUI that guides digital investigators during the acquisition and analysis of electronic evidence, and it offers a semi-automatic process for the documentation and report compilation.
CAINE provides the user with following main novelties:
* Interoperable environment that supports the digital investigator during the entire analysis process.
* Caine Interface, a user friendly GUI.
* Ubuntu-like easy installation on a forensic workstation.
* Semi-automated compilation of the final report.
http://www.caine-live.net/en/
http://www.caine-live.net/
Download
http://www.caine-live.net/en/page5/page5.html
4 May 2009 caine now on distrowatch http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=caine
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| Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 5:44 am Post subject: WeakNet Linux. |
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WeakNet Linux. WeakNet Linux is an Ubuntu-based live DVD containing a variety of security tools. It is designed primarily for penetration testing, forensic analysis and other security tasks.
http://weaknetlabs.com/linux/
ISO weaknet 2.0 BETA DVD at bottom of page
9 Feb 2009
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:47 am Post subject: grml 2008.11 |
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Distribution Release: grml 2008.11
grml Michael Prokop has announced the release of grml 2008.11, a Debian-based live CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software especially for users of text tools and system administrators: "grml version 2008.11 has been released and is currently being uploaded to the mirrors. What's new? New grml-scripts: grml-chroot - wrapper around chroot with proc/sys/pts/dev file system handling; swspeak-setup - activating software speak(up) features. The grml-live build system: several new packages in the different flavour classes; improved error handling; improved checks for LZMA for different Squashfs tools; automatically activate grml-testing repository for development releases and daily snapshots. Special new features: integration of vcs_info within Zsh prompt; moved from syslog-ng to rsyslog...." Read the full release announcement and release notes for more details.
http://grml.supersized.org/archives/301-grml-release-2008.11-available.html
Felease notes: http://grml.org/changelogs/README-grml-2008.11/
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=grml
grml Home: http://grml.org/download/
NOTE: Small < 100 Meg Medium <200 Meg Full 674 and 690, 32 and 64 bit respectively. Debian based
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:21 am Post subject: Use of grml repositories |
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We noticed that not only Debian-users like grml but also people coming from the BSD-section, Gentoo-Linux and so on. You don’t need any debian-knowledge to use grml, but if you would like to use the package management you should know some basics. The following table provides a comparison of the packagement of debian compared with some other well known package management systems:
Package management of *nix
Action Debian Gentoo RPM OpenBSD
( see chart at
http://wiki.grml.org/doku.php?id=debian )
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| Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:22 pm Post subject: Bitte and FreeNAS |
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| Quote: | This one looks REALLY nice Smile
Thanks !!! Smile Great find. |
Bitte Bitte
Its a great time for Linux, and FOSS in general.
Never before has so much been done by folks setting on their arse,
While doing it safer, and for less money.
FreeNAS is now in 0.69 ( 0.69.1 was not on mirrors yet 20 April 2009 ) for 64bit, RC1 for i386 , ( 0.686.3 and .4 still available ) and has posted a PDF for instructions for installing on HD, and some notes about the Live CD, and terminology, as well as download links for live CD and embedded offering..RC and stable
http://www.freenas.org/index.php?option=com_versions&Itemid=58
New at www.distrowatch.com
FreeNAS-i386-LiveCD-0.69.1.iso (61.5MB, MD5), FreeNAS-amd64-LiveCD-0.69.1.iso (67.1MB, MD5).
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