May 11, 2005

A number of free open source security related Live CDs are available for the security administrator looking to further secure their network. An article over at SecurityFocus looks at some of these. They include Knoppix-STD, Auditor, Helix, INSERT, and Whoppix. Each is oriented toward a different security related task such as security checking, incident response, forensics, system rescue, network analysis, or penetration testing. The really great thing about Live CDs is that you can play around with these tools without having to install anything or modify your systems in any way.

Here are the Links

The SecurityFocus Article