DSL Ideas and Suggestions :: follow-up

Oh and I know it is probably too much bloatware, but a wish of mine has been to see a compact package of net security tools pre-compiled into it as well. Just a tiny collection of space-efficent security programs, GUI prefrerred, but CLI ok as well. I know STD has em, but wouldn't DSL be just that much handier with a few netproblem specific apps? (aka Ettercap, Etherape, ect.) Just a thought. Oh and a standalone FW (one NIC,workstation) would be handy for the n00bs as well.

If you want a DSL-like security distro, I recommend getting the INSERT livecd.

It is also a 50MB livecd that is based on KNOPPIX and also some concepts from DSL.

But this livecd is specifically meant for rescue / forensics / security use instead of a general purpose desktop like DSL. So it doesn't have most of the DSL applications.

But it is the right tool for the job.

http://www.inside-security.de/insert_en.html

Also, the Ultimate Boot CD folks have integrated INSERT into their boot cd and it has been modified to be more user-friendly to linux newbies than the INSERT cd itself. It is larger than 50MB, though.

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html

original here.