Knoppix STD
Encyclopedia
Knoppix STD is a Live CD
Linux distribution
based on Knoppix
that focused on computer security
tools. It included GPL
licensed tools in the following categories: authentication
, password cracking
, encryption
, forensics
, firewalls, honeypot
s, intrusion detection system, network utilities
, penetration
, packet sniffer
s, assemblers, vulnerability assessment
and wireless network
ing. Knoppix STD version 0.1 was published January 24, 2004, on Knoppix 3.2, and therefore stagnated, lacking updated drivers and packages. A release date for version 0.2 has not yet been announced. A list of tools is available on the official website.http://s-t-d.org/tools.html
Live CD
A live CD, live DVD, or live disc is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive...
Linux distribution
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix-like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel. Such distributions are operating systems including a large collection of software applications such as word processors, spreadsheets, media players, and database applications...
based on Knoppix
Knoppix
Knoppix, or KNOPPIX , is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD or a USB key , one of the first of its kind for any operating system. Knoppix was developed by Linux consultant Klaus Knopper. When starting a program, it is loaded from the removable medium...
that focused on computer security
Computer security
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to...
tools. It included GPL
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is the most widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU Project....
licensed tools in the following categories: authentication
Authentication
Authentication is the act of confirming the truth of an attribute of a datum or entity...
, password cracking
Password cracking
Password cracking is the process of recovering passwords from data that has been stored in or transmitted by a computer system. A common approach is to repeatedly try guesses for the password...
, encryption
Encryption
In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key. The result of the process is encrypted information...
, forensics
Computer forensics
Computer forensics is a branch of digital forensic science pertaining to legal evidence found in computers and digital storage media...
, firewalls, honeypot
Honeypot (computing)
In computer terminology, a honeypot is a trap set to detect, deflect, or in some manner counteract attempts at unauthorized use of information systems...
s, intrusion detection system, network utilities
Network utilities
Network utilities are small software utilities designed to analyze and configure various aspects of computer networks. The majority of them originated on Unix systems, but several later ports to other operating systems exist....
, penetration
Penetration (telecommunications)
In telecommunication, the term penetration has the following meanings:# The passage through a partition or wall of an equipment or enclosure by a wire, cable, or other electrically conductive object....
, packet sniffer
Packet sniffer
A packet analyzer is a computer program or a piece of computer hardware that can intercept and log traffic passing over a digital network or part of a network...
s, assemblers, vulnerability assessment
Vulnerability assessment
A vulnerability assessment is the process of identifying, quantifying, and prioritizing the vulnerabilities in a system. Examples of systems for which vulnerability assessments are performed include, but are not limited to, information technology systems, energy supply systems, water supply...
and wireless network
Wireless network
Wireless network refers to any type of computer network that is not connected by cables of any kind. It is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and enterprise installations avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment...
ing. Knoppix STD version 0.1 was published January 24, 2004, on Knoppix 3.2, and therefore stagnated, lacking updated drivers and packages. A release date for version 0.2 has not yet been announced. A list of tools is available on the official website.http://s-t-d.org/tools.html