BSDanywhere 4.3 Final Release

"After eight months of work we've now released the final version of BSDanywhere 4.3 - Enlightenment at your fingertips, the OpenBSD Live CD."

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10 Best Security Live CD Distros (Pen-Test, Forensics & Recovery)

Here's a great list.

Build your own ultimate boot disc

You turn on your trusty old Linux box, and things are going well as you pass through the boot loader, until the disk check reveals that your hard drive partition table is corrupt, and you are unable to access your machine. You need a good rescue disk -- and the best way to get one is to create your own.

OpenBSD-based BSDAnywhere Live CD Released (Beta 1)

An often heard complaint on misc@ is that we don't have a Live CD. Now our friends at BSDanywhere are trying to fill that void. The first beta release of the OpenBSD-based BSDanywhere - "enlightenment at your fingertips" is available.

BackTrack 3.0 Final released

We finally released BackTrack 3.0 !!! For this release we have 3 versions: CD, USB (extended tool-set) and a VMware image.

We have slaved for weeks and months, together with the help of many remote-exploit'ers to bring you this fine release. As usual, this version overshadows the previous ones with extra cool things.

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When Desktop Disaster Strikes, Linux Rides To The Rescue

A friend in need, the saying goes, is a friend indeed. And the next time your Windows PC goes belly-up at the worst possible time, your new best friend just might turn out to be a Linux rescue CD.

Linux is a popular choice for PC recovery and repair tasks for several reasons. For one thing, it is highly portable: Most distros offer "live" versions that can run entirely from a CD or other compact media. Some distros are so compact that they will fit on a USB drive or even on a set of floppy disks -- and still leave plenty of room for a suite of repair and recovery tools. That's helpful, since Linux supports a vast array of tools suitable for diagnosing PC problems and -- above all -- retrieving data from mangled, all-but-useless hard-disk file systems.

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SystemRescueCd

SystemRescueCd is a Gentoo-based Linux distribution that specializes in repairing unbootable computer systems and recovering data after a system crash. Since it is loaded with system utilities, its main aim is to provide a handy tool to anyone that needs to perform computer admin tasks.

I already have micro distros like SliTaz and DSL that I may someday use in case of emergency. However, I needed a more powerful and more complete rescue tool. SystemRescueCd is the answer.

Connect to a WPA-PSK wireless network on Slax

Here is a short tutorial in how to connect it to my WPA-PSK protected wireless network.

System Rescue CD 1.0.3 RELEASED

SystemRescueCd is a Linux system on a bootable CD-ROM for repairing your system and recovering your data after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk. It contains a lot of system utilities (parted, partimage, fstools, ...) and basic tools (editors, midnight commander, network tools). It is very easy to use: just boot the CDROM. The kernel supports most of the important file systems (ext2/ext3, reiserfs, reiser4, xfs, jfs, vfat, ntfs, iso9660), as well as network filesystems (samba and nfs).

Change forgotten Windows passwords with Knoppix

I needed access to the XP Recovery Console on a client’s computer. There was a password set for the Administrator account, but they only knew the password to their own. ERD Commander requires the computer successfully booting into Windows after changing (which this computer would not do), Ophcrack said all LM Hashes were empty, and the computer had no floppy drive to use an NT Crack bootable disk. I knew there had to be another way, and I found it with Knoppix and chntpw.

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Create Your Own Cross-Platform Backup Server

Backing up your data on a regular basis is important, and turning a spare computer into a backup server is often the best way to make sure it gets done. But most methods require either a good deal of command-line learning or serve only one operating system. Not with Restore, a free, open-source backup system that can install or run from a live CD, work with any OS, and operate through a simple browser-based interface. Today I'll demonstrate backing up a Windows laptop to an older desktop, but you'll see how Restore can be easily molded to fit just about any home backup needs.

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Installing Backtrack Linux to a USB Thumb Drive

A few months back, when I was doing to series on my Capstone class for school, I wrote about installing Backtrack Linux to your hard drive. For those not in the know, or for those that didn't read my article, Backtrack Linux is a Linux distro based off Slackware Linux, and is designed for pentesting, and hacking. It normally comes as a live CD, and is pre-packaged with all sorts of hacking tools and scanners.

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The best Linux system repair disk graduates to 1.0

If you need to repair PCs, even if you don't use Linux as a rule, you should have a Linux repair CD. These self-booting Linux distributions give you all the software tools you need to bring all but the deadest computers back to life. The best of these distributions is, hands-down, SystemRescueCd.

I've been using SystemRescueCd for years, and it has saved my rump many times. With every new version, SystemRescueCd has continued to get better.

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Live Linux Wireless and Security Distributions

Listed are some of the more Wireless and Penetration Testing specific Linux distros available.

How to fix your Windows MBR with an Ubuntu liveCD

Something happen to a windows Master Boot Record (MBR) that you’re responsible for? Want a very quick, very easy way to restore it with nothing but your craft, native intelligence and a liveCD?

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Review: EnGarde Secure Linux

Guardian Digital announced the release of EnGarde Secure Community 3.0.18 (Version 3.0, Release 18) on Dec 4, 2007. This release includes many updated packages and bug fixes, some feature enhancements to Guardian Digital WebTool and the SELinux policy, and a few new features. This review was done with a prior release.

Secure Boot CDs for VPN HOWTO

This document describes the creation of live boot CDs used to make secure VPN connections from anywhere (over the Internet) to internal networks that have firewall exposure to the Internet.

HexLive 1.0.3 is now available

HexLive is a live cd based on FreeBSD and build with the FreeSBIE toolkit. It is suited for network analysis.

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How to fix your Windows MBR with an Ubuntu liveCD

Something happen to a windows Master Boot Record (MBR) that you’re responsible for? Want a very quick, very easy way to restore it with nothing but your craft, native intelligence and a liveCD?

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BackTrack 3 Teaser Video

Most of you by now have heard of BackTrack, the highly popular and regarded Linux Security Distro for ethical hackers. Straight from the project's developers come this teaser video. With several examples of what the new version can do and a running time of 6:16, we hope to have you on the edge of your seat in anticipation.

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