perfSONAR-PS project - http://www.perfsonar.net/
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:58 PM, Tomasz Rola <rto...@ceti.pl> wrote: > On Thu, 22 Aug 2013, Michael Shuler wrote: > > > On 08/22/2013 12:06 PM, Stefan wrote: > > > I've been toying with Live distros (CD, then USB) for many years, in > > > support of security toolsets, to which I kept adding my own stuff, or > > > customizing existing components. > > > > > > I am now trying to "build" a network toolset LiveCD/USB, but this time > with > > > a completely different purpose: I would like to put it in the hands of > all > > > remote offices we have on our network, and use it to have local systems > > > boot out of it, and help us then run troubleshooting tools, from the > > > central office, by SSH/X-ing into the remote live system (e.g. iperf, > > > hping3, httping, tcping, mtr, tcpdump, voip tools, some "thin" > > > clients/apps, synthetic transactions scripted to run at diff time > > > intervals, and report back to us the "health" seen form the remotes, > etc.). > > > Has anybody used a "base" network tools Live CD/USB that they would > > > recommend, having used as "basis" for such a "network probe" > functionality? > > > > http://www.kali.org/ - it is completely customizable, as well. > > Alternatively, GRML Linux: > > http://grml.org/features/ > > http://grml.org/files/ > > http://grml.org/faq/ > > I understand it is more about admin than pentesting. Also, last time I > downloaded (few months ago), images were somewhere in <=~ 400MB area (vs > Kali's 2GB, AFAIK). I am not sure about customizations. It is some kind of > Debian's relative, so, in theory, why not. > > BTW, I am long time lurker and this is my first post here, so hello > everybody. You guys know what are your interests - mine are there, too, > either full set or a subset. > > Regards, > Tomasz Rola > > -- > ** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. ** > ** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home ** > ** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... ** > ** ** > ** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_r...@bigfoot.com ** > >
