Live linux CD - which one ?

Ok, been out of the live CD thing for a while, and knoppix-std just doesnt cut it anymore (its still in 0.1 I believe ?). I've heard of whoppix/WHAX and PHLAK, but was wondering what live cds you guys may use/recommend.

I'm looking for a good mix between forensics and pent-testing so what do you suggest ?

Backtrack is really nice...

BackTrack is Whax and Auditor merged, and is probably the best security live CD out there. You can find it at http://remote-exploit.org

If you don't like B|T... Take your pick ;)

I second Back|Track :)

Back|Track thirded!

Alright guys thanks, I'm gonna give backtrack a shot. After reading a little bit on it, it seems that it has a nice all round selection of stuff I was looking for. thanks again

Backtrack is the strongest swimmer

I keep an eye on pentoo http://www.pentoo.ch/-PENTOO-.html

as well as Anonym.OS http://kaos.to/cms/

but in both cases Backtrack is more robust I just like to track gentoo and openbsd related projects

I'm going to have to say PHLAK because it's the professional Hackers Linux Assualt Kit. ;)

Nah i' just i use it majority of the times, when i need to boot in a live mode without touching the hard drive etc.

Plus i like the interface a little more then the interface that comes with knoppix..

cheers
acidtone.. :)

Hi All,
Currently i used Linux Auditor, and i found the help/tutorial is unavailable. Maybe i'll also try using Backtrack. Do you guys know which livecd for security is the most popular?

Regards,
Anjar Priandoyo

Check out this link it has all of the good distros on it:


http://www.securedvd.org/distros.html#Helix

thanks for the advice guys, i've try backtrack also, and i think its more complete than auditor. But i have problem when installing backtrack to the harddrive, do you have this problem?

Helix and PlanB are fairly good INSERT isn't bad either.

thanks a lot!

Try BackTrack with VM Player and the livecd plug-in. Runs nicely in Windows save for hdd access.