NodeZero Linux Live CD

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:10:03 +0000

I usually rely on Backtrack as my security Swiss army knife. However I recently learned of NodeZero Linux (formerly Ubuntu Pentest Edition-PE). Once I give it a full shake down I’ll post a review of how I think it stacks up against BT.

NodeZero is Ubuntu based linux designed as a complete system which can also be used for penetration testing. NodeZero uses Ubuntu repositories so your system will be always up to date. The system setup is basic and it’s primarily designed for disk installation and customization as you want.

With NodeZero comes around 300 tools for penetration testing and set of basic services which are needed in penetration testing.

UNetbootin: Live CDs to thumb drives made easy

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:08:14 +0000

I’ve always found it a major pain to correctly install a Live CD on a thumb drive. You want to do this because of SPEED. Have you tried running Backtrack from a thumb drive? Load times are incredible and there’s none of that annoying spin of the cd drive. Of course it’s faster, you’re comparing optical media to solid state. Just like my R1 to your Civic SI….

The tool could not be simpler, feed it any .ISO and tell it which mounted device it should install to. It will handle creating the necessary [boot] partitions and sizing accordingly. So far I’ve tried it with Backtrack 3, 4 and Helix.

Download the multi-platform tool here: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

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NodeZero Linux Live CD

UNetbootin: Live CDs to thumb drives made easy