Chapter 9. Customizing a Security Live Linux CD
Security and system-rescue activities are among the best uses of a live Linux CD. On one read-only medium, you can gather a range of tools to fix a broken operating system, scan file systems for intruders, watch traffic on the network, and do hundreds of other activities to check and protect your computing environment.
Putting together your own security live CD offers a means of having all the tools you need at your fingertips in a way that you can apply to any PC you can reboot. You have fewer worries when you go to fix a broken system because you can start with a clean, freshly booted operating system each time. In this way, less chance exists that the tools you would use to fix a system are themselves ...
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