This month we present Fedora's security distro on a Live DVD. Fresh from the Fedora Security Lab [1], this distro was created "to provide a safe test environment for working on security auditing, forensics, and penetration testing." In addition to the usual desktop tools and apps [2], you get the LXDE desktop, a customized security menu, and tools for:
Code analysis
Forensics
Intrusion detection
Network statistics
Password cracking
Reconnaissance
Wireless analysis
Web app testing
VoIP traffic generation
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The Fedora Project is a free software community sponsored by Red Hat. With Fedora's rapid release schedule, you get the latest in virtualization, networking, and other technologies. The 64-bit Server version on this DVD is aimed at system administrators and is not a Live distro.
Fedora is a trend-setting distribution that sets the pace for future developments of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Administrators, regardless of whether they use Fedora, are well advised to look at the newest innovations of the Fedora distribution.
Fedora is a trend-setting distribution that sets the pace for future developments of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Administrators, regardless of whether they use Fedora, are well advised to look at the newest innovations of the Fedora distribution.