NetSecL

NetSecL (previously known as ISlack) is an open source security-related Linux operating system based on the popular openSUSE Linux distribution and built using the SUSE Studio tools.

NetSecL includes the GrSecurity suite, which provides numerous security-related programs and it is suited for penetration testing of your network. It also includes various security tools like Metasploit, for testing your local security, as well as IDSs (Intrusion Detection Systems) for monitoring.

NetSecL's configuration is hardened by default. It is distributed as a single Live DVD ISO image, supporting only the 64-bit architecture, and uses the lightweight Xfce desktop environment.

What is new in this release:

• It has been a while, but we like to present to your attention NetSecL 5.0 which comes with XFCE and is based on openSuse 12.3 64 bit. We bring a new installation media - installation from USB (see the installation guide), we saw that the distribution grows on size which definitely made us change the media. All packages are compatible and updated to openSuse 12.3 and the GrSecurity 3.9.4 kernel is finally integrated into the operating system properly. Metasploit is updated to 4.7, Firefox is removed and Chromium is added, exploit-db repository is updated. The performance is slightly improved by the XFCE environment. Besides the USB installation image you can try NetSecL OS out on a virtual machine (OVA appliance), that is available on Suse Studio.
• The password for both the root and tux user is linux.

What is new in version 3.0:

• It was time for a change and we at NetSecL realized that, the new version of NetSecL 3.0 is a live DVD + installation based on OpenSuse. Once installed you can fully enjoy the features of GrSecurity hardened kernel and penetration tools OR if you like to do some penetration testing you can directly run all tools from the live DVD. NetSecL firewall is included as always and most of the penetration tools are ported to the new platform. Also we'd like to mention that we've got many other programs up and running with GrSecurity enabled, which is great success especially when it comes to programs like wine, OpenOffice, Vuze, Qemu and many gnome applications. The password for both admin and root user on the DVD is linux.

What is new in version 2.6:

• In the new release you will find QEMU, Servers, new penetration tools. We took our time to separate the usual network utilities and penetration tools and add them in a new section. Also you will find that now we have a section srv with some server packages in it. There are many updates to the libraries and additional bindings to perl and python that we hope will be useful for future programs included with the distribution. You will also find in the distribution ISO a VMX file that is VMmanager and that you can use for creating a Virtual machine - mount the ISO copy the VMX folder, unmount the ISO move it to the VMX folder (that you just copied) and start it with VMware Player. If you like to install it on a real hardware the ISO is writable on a mini DVD or DVD.

What is new in version 2.3:

• Improved (full) setup.
• A source-based portage system.
• A conversion system adding PT_PAX_FLAGS.
• Advanced kernel configuration and additional modules.
• An Xorg update and much more.