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ic
01-06-2005, 03:01 AM
I've been trying to investigate some specialised Linux distros, anyways I was wondering if anyone has an opinion on any of these: Devil-Linux

I got as far as installing this in a VMware machine, looked good and then I decided it was too complicated for my needs at the time, I am thinking perhaps I might have outgrown SmoothWallExpress v2, and I should look at Devil-Linux again...

Recommendations?
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PenguinSleuth - forensics distro, been trying to download the iso since April on iBurst, keeps stalling in ReGet Deluxe after going great at 90kBytes/s for 200MB, I'm still trying to get it downloaded...:(
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Helix - also a forensics distro, trying to download it now...Any other interesting/specialised Linux distros that would be useful for firewalling or forensics or general Internet Security?
andres101
01-06-2005, 06:59 AM
you can turn gentoo (http://www.gentoo.org/) into anything you want it to be!
rsachoc
01-06-2005, 07:51 AM
For a complete list of LiveCD's, check out http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php


Have personally used Smoothwall and IPCop, as well as Astaro (very comprehensive)

*edit* there are some very good forensics LiveCD's listed on the page above
Slip
01-06-2005, 01:00 PM
Try Whoppix!
Karnaugh
02-06-2005, 12:17 PM
you can turn gentoo (http://www.gentoo.org/) into anything you want it to be!

As long as your time isnt valuable and you dont mind spending your life recompiling the whole world.
Compl33t
02-06-2005, 02:14 PM
:) I know someone that did it in two days! Although, this guy is a real codemonkey.
MFour
03-06-2005, 12:31 PM
Might be a dumb question, (in fact I'm sure it is) but what are the advantages of a forensic distro? How does it differ from say, Ubuntu or Xandros? I gather that it is more security focused, and therefore my interest.

If the answer is too long and complicated, maybe someone can point me toward some web info, please :p
rsachoc
03-06-2005, 05:33 PM
Forensics is for just what it says, they are usually live CD's and you can boot with them, peform security stuff (wireless) . Some are also to recover broken installations (windows and Linux)

Hope this helps
MFour
06-06-2005, 08:00 AM
Forensics is for just what it says, they are usually live CD's and you can boot with them, peform security stuff (wireless) . Some are also to recover broken installations (windows and Linux)

Hope this helps
Yes thanks, think I'll look into that a bit further :o
Cybersleuth
15-11-2007, 09:16 AM
Forensic Live CDs are written by Investigators for Investigators. They have specialised tools for say capturing of data etc. Remember that the data integrity needs to preserved so special care needs to be taken while doing cyber forensics.

Helix is one my personal favs.