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Antivirus Live CD Antivirus Live CD is a 4MLinux fork including the ClamAV scanner. It's designed for system admins who need a lightweight live CD with an antivirus scanner. Both Ethernet (including Wi-Fi) and dial-up (including fast USB modems) Internet connections are supported to enable automatic updates of the virus signature database. Arudius Arudius is a live CD Linux distribution based on Slackware (Minislack/Zenwalk) and Linux Live scripts. It contains an extensive set of software tools used by information security professionals for information assurance and vulnerability analysis. Its goal is to include as large set as possible of useful security tools and still maintain a small footprint so it can fit on a 210MB mini-CD. Biatchux Biatchux 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. Byzantium Byzantium is a bootable Linux with Ad-hoc wireless mesh networking for the zombie apocalypse. CAINE CAINE (Computer Aided INvestigative Environment) is an Italian GNU/Linux live distribution created as a project of Digital Forensics CosmoPBX ComoPBX is a Live CD based on Knoppix with the Asterisk PBX and Asterisk-GUI. CryptoBox Live-CD The CryptoBox is a Debian/Linux based live-CD. It is made for people who want to encrypt their data without bothering about complicated technical issues. A computer running the CryptoBox live-CD works as a fileserver/NAS and encrypts your private data. DCC/Live DCC/Live is a Knoppix based bootable CD-ROM which provides a virtual DCC cluster. The virtual cluster consists of one master-node (node0), and three virtual work-nodes running on User Mode Linux (node1, node2, node3). DyneBolic DyneBolic is a GNU/Linux distribution simply running from a CD, without the need to install anything, able to recognize most of your devices and periferals: sound, video, TV, network cards and more. The basic requisite you need is just a i586 PC with 64Mb of RAM and a IDE CD-ROM. Read more FlashMob ISO A flashmob computer is an ad-hoc temporary assembly of ordinary PC's running special software to coordinate the PC's into one single supercomputer. GnackTrack GnackTrack is a Live (and installable) Linux distribution designed for Penetration Testing and is based on Ubuntu. Although this sounds like BackTrack, it's most certainly not; it's very similar but based on the much loved GNOME! HackerOS HackerOS is a Linux distribution aimed at providing a bootable CD or USB stick which comes pre-loaded with tools such as nmap, sniffit, nbtscan, and even nikto. Currently, the system uses a Gentoo-based live kernel to provide support for the most hardware. JayOS JayOS is a Live CD distro intended for use as a more secure mobile environment. It integrates in-RAM filesystem encryption with plausible deniability for a system that can be difficult to alter without rebuilding. This offers a user with a high degree of data integrity; since all filesystems are either static or encrypted, the system is resistant to physical attacks. JonDo JonDo Live-CD offers a secure, pre-configured environment for anonymous surfing and more. The live system contains proxy clients for JonDonym, Tor, I2P and the remailer Mixmaster and Mixminion. KcPenTrix KcPenTrix features a lot of new or up to date tools for auditing and testing a network, from scanning and discovering to exploiting vulnerabilities. Local Area Security Local Area Security is a project that was started in 2002 to research information security related topics. Mr. Wall Mr. Wall is a Linux-based live CD with firewall and VPN capabilities. It is fully configurable through a simple Web interface. Network Security Toolkit Network Security Toolkit is a bootable ISO image based on Fedora providing easy access to best-of-breed Open Source Network Security Applications and should run on most x86 platforms (Pentium II and above). NST can also be used for crash recovery operation NuFW.Live NuFW.Live is a live CD based on knoppix. This is the simplest way to test the authenticating firewall NuFW and its associated tools. NuFW.Live features all NuFW's related software. It includes identity-based filtering rules to Netfilter, Nulog 2, a powerful firewall log analysis Web interface, Nuface 2, an ACL management interface, and pyctd, a Netfilter connection tracking display and modification interface. OpenSIMS OpenSIMS ties together the open source tools used for security event management into a common infrastructure. These tools include NMap, Snort, and many others. The best way to experience it is by downloading the liveCD. Operator Operator is a complete Linux (Debian) distribution that runs from a single bootable CD and runs entirely in RAM. The Operator contains an extensive set of Open Source network security tools that can be used for monitoring and discovering networks. This virtually can turn any PC into a network security pen-testing device without having to install any software. Ophcrack Live CD The ophcrack LiveCD contains a full linux system (SLAX), ophcrack for linux and rainbow tables for alphanumerical passwords. Ophcrack is a Windows password cracker based on rainbow tables. It is a very efficient implementation of rainbow tables done by the inventors of the method. ParallelKnoppix ParallelKnoppix is a remaster of the Knoppix live CD distibution of GNU Linux that allows setting up a cluster of machines for parallel processing using the LAM-MPI and/or MPICH implementations of MPI. You can convert a room full of machines running Windows into a Linux cluster, and when you shut down, your Windows machines are in their original state. PelicanHPC PelicanHPC is a Debian-based live CD image that allows for rapid creation of a HPC cluster for parallel computing using MPI. The front-end node (either a real computer or a virtual machine) boots from the CD image. The compute nodes boot by Pre-Execution Environment (PXE), using the front-end node as the server. Penguin Sleuth Bootable CD Penguin Sleuth is a modified version of the Knoppix Linux Live CD. Pentoo Pentoo is a penetration testing LiveCD distribution based on Gentoo. It features a lot of tools for auditing and testing an environment, from scanning and discovery to exploiting vulnerabilities. pfSense pfSense is a m0n0wall-derived operating system platform with radically different goals, such as using Packet Filter, FreeBSD 6.x (or DragonFly BSD when ALTQ and CARP is finished) ALTQ for excellent packet queueing, and an integrated package management system for extending the environment with new features. Phlak PHLAK is a modular live security Linux distribution. PHLAK comes with two light gui's (fluxbox and XFCE4), many security tools, and a spiral notebook full of security documentation. PHLAK is a derivative of Morphix. Phrealon Phrealon is a bootable linux CD based on Slackware Linux 8.0 (now 9.0) designed to allow the easy imaging of multiple workstations. It utilizes the udpcast set of Linux tools to accomplish this. PilotLinux The idea behind PilotLinux is to provide a simple to use system to transform a standard pc into a fully functional Thin Client without altering anything on the PC (no data will be writen to the harddrive). PilotLinux also forms the basis of the licron product line. Its fully functional and free to use. ProTech ProTech is a security orientated Linux distribution based on Ubuntu Feisty. It works as a live CD or from hard disk installations. Russix Russix is a Slax based Wireless Live Linux. It has been designed to be light (circa 230Mb) and dedicated purely to wireless auditing. It is not a script kiddy phishing tool and as such, while it will allow you to break a WEP key in 6 key strokes and conduct an "Evil Tiny Twin" attack in less than 5, it will not let you become the latest version of Barclays Bank. SecurityOnion SecurityOnion is an Ubuntu-based live CD to facilitate network security monitoring. SENTINIX SENTINIX is a GNU/Linux distribution designed for monitoring, intrusion detection, vulnerability assessment, statistics/graphing and anti-spam. It's completely free; free to use, free to modify and free to distribute. SENTINIX includes the following software, installed and pre-configured; Nagios, Nagat, Snort, SnortCenter, ACID, Cacti, RRDTool, Nessus, Postfix, MailScanner, SpamAssassin, openMosix, MySQL, Apache, PHP, Perl, Python and lots more. Project is now closed. Sentry Firewall Sentry Firewall CD-ROM is a Linux-based bootable CDROM suitable for use as an inexpensive and easy to maintain firewall, server, or IDS(Intrusion Detection System) Node. The system is designed to be immediately configurable for a variety of different operating environments via a configuration file located on a floppy disk, a local hard drive, and/or a network via HTTP(S), FTP, SFTP, or SCP. STD STD is a distribution featuring a collection of hundreds if not thousands of open source security tools. Its sole purpose in life is to put as many security tools at your disposal with as slick an interface as it can. STD is designed to assist network administrators and professionals alike secure their networks. Tablix on Morphix Tablix on Morphix is yet another bootable CD based Linux distribution. As the name suggests, it is based on Morphix, a modular CD distribution based on Debian GNU/Linux. What is special about Tablix on Morphix is the automatic cluster configuration. This means that all you need for a functioning PVM3 cluster is a bunch of computers and a pile of Tablix on Morphix CDs. You just have to boot the master node of the cluster from the CD, click a few options on the screen, then boot as many slave nodes as you want and click OK on each. Tablix on Morphix comes preinstalled with all programs that are needed for solving timetable problems with Tablix, a GPL timetabling software using parallel genetic algorithm. Thinux Cluster Live CD Thinux Cluster Live CD is a thin-client server on a live CD. It boots a network of diskless computers to automatically start an application such as a Web browser. Each thin client machine acts as a cluster node to share its processing and memory resources with each other to take the load off the server. TPM Security Server Linux A live Security/Forensics Linux Distribution, built from scratch and packed full of tools useful for vulnerability analysis, penetration tests, and forensic analysis. TurnKey Joomla Live CD appliance TurnKey Joomla Live CD appliance is a lightweight, installable live CD of the Joomla CMS, based on Ubuntu. TurnKey Linux aims to develop high-quality software appliances that are easy to deploy, easy to use, and free. VoiceBuntu VoiceBuntu (formerly Ubunterisk) is an Ubuntu-based live CD that uses Asterisk and VoiceOne to provide VoIP service without any system installation process. VoiceOne is a Web-based GUI for the Asterisk PBX. Ubunterisk can be used as a phone client as well as a PBX server. Ubunterisk can be administered either remotely or by accessing its local GUI. A capser-rw filesystem is used to store the system's data persistently. WarLinux WarLinux is available on disk and bootable CD. It's main intended use is for systems administrators that want to audit and evaluate thier wireless network installations. XLiveCD XLiveCD allows users of Microsoft Windows to connect to remote Unix computers, run graphical applications and have the graphics displayed on their desktops. The software is a set of Cygwin packages that have been installed and altered to run from CD, the Wizard's Apprentice and a few scripts that tie things together and provide the illusion that the XLiveCD is an application. XORP Live CD The Live CD serves a number of purposes: It's an easy way to try out XORP (an eXtensible Open Router Platform) without needing to compile anything or reformat the disk on your PC. It's a quick way to get a relatively secure router on demand. ZeroShell ZeroShell is web administrable and aimed at providing the main network services a LAN requires: Kerberos and x.509 authentication, LDAP and RADIUS authorization, routing, bridging, VLAN 802.1q management, VPN lan-to-lan and host-To-lan, support for authenticated WI-FI access with WPA and WPA2, DNS and dhcp server, Captive Portal to access to the network using weblogin (Internet Hotspot). The image size is 103MB. The distribution is produced directly from the source code of any installed packages.
