Bootable Security Tool
A bootable Linux security “suite”.
Cool. I saw this on the ScreenSavers, but it’s still cool and probably new to most of us. It’s a a tool called PHLAK. PHLAK stands for Professional Hacker’s Linux Assault Kit. But, what it is is a bootable Linux distro that’s loaded with security tools and information. Oh, it’s also free. I have to admit that I haven’t actually played with it. Yet. But, on the surface, it looks pretty cool.
Frankly, I like the idea of bootable distros. You can crank them up and try them out without reformating your hard drive. That’s pretty cool. And, for some applications, like security auditing, it’s nice to not leave too many footprints. A bootable distro is pretty good for that. Not perfect, of course, but it does limit certain kinds of trails and fingerprints.
Anyway, it’s Linux, new and fun. Go check it out!
Theres also one aimed at forensic gathering, but which has loads of tools on it called FIRE. There is a commercial version of FIRE, but i think you can download the whole thing from soureforge. I’ve had a quick play with it and it seems pretty good.
Comment by Andy — 1/26/2004 @ 12:24 pm