Saturday, September 13, 2008

What security programs would be on your dream Live-CD?

I was going to write a post about Samurai Web Testing Framework but someone already beat me to it. It's a good post so I wanted to pass along the link. I really hate seeing the same topic covered the same way over and over again.

Instead I am going to talk a little about the idea of making your own Security Live-CD. Samurai WTF was the first Live-CD I have used that was built on Ubuntu. I have been using Ubuntu since 5.04 and was really happy to see a familiar GUI. I noticed that all Samurai WTF was essentially, is Ubuntu with a bunch of cool web pen-testing programs preloaded and Firefox preloaded with some cool web pen-testing add-on's and the best themed Live-CD bar none.

This got me thinking about an article I read earlier this week at Linux.com about a program called Ubuntu Customization Kit (UCK). With UCK you can take an existing install of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu or Xubuntu and create your own pre-configured Ubuntu Live-CD. Just like Samurai WTF and even BackTrack (except BT uses Slax).



I started thinking about how I would like to have one Live-CD, that did it all to use in the Network Security classes I teach. I like BT and I am really starting to like Samurai WTF. But what if I had one Security Live-CD that had all the programs I need and none of the ones I don't? I could give it to my student when they start the Network Security degree program and they could use it thought the track.

My point being is that most security related Live-CD's have programs installed that aren't used by most people. So I want to use this post to get some reader feedback. My question to you is this:

What Linux based security programs would you like to see in a Live-CD?

Please post in the comments the programs, and links to the programs, you feel are the most important to have on a Security Live-CD.
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