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U.S. Department of Defense Introduces Lightweight Secure Linux Distro

The U.S. Department of Defense and the Air Force Research Laboratory have decided to respond and offer up a way to use a PC securely by developing a new lightweight and secure Linux distribution.. It The link for this article located at Geek.com is no longer available. . Explore a new minimalistic Linux distribution developed by the U.S. Department of Defense tailored for safe computing environments.. Lightweight Linux Distribution, Secure Computing Solutions, U.S. Department of Defense. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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L.A.S. Linux Live CD: Comprehensive Security Toolkit for Professionals

Jascha submits , L.A.S. Linux is a 'live CD' distribution of Linux which allows the applications to be run from the CD without the need for installing anything on the computer. The focus of L.A.S. is create a bootable toolkit for information security professionals and systems administrators. . . . . Jascha submits , L.A.S. Linux is a 'live CD' distribution of Linux which allows the applications to be run from the CD without the need for installing anything on the computer. The focus of L.A.S. is create a bootable toolkit for information security professionals and systems administrators. The advantage of L.A.S. is that it has a very small footprint. This small footprint maks it able to fit on a 185MB mini-CD. The goal of L.A.S. Linux is to provide a well-rounded tool in a small package. Despite its small size, L.A.S. contains over 100 security tools including basic desktop applications. Utilizing the FluxBox window manager, which is a lightweight desktop environment, allows for multiple desktop enviroments. L.A.S. has an array or forensic, penetration testing, intrusion detection, sniffers, and administrative utilities. Changes in this latest version of L.A.S. include the addition of Ettercap-GTK, Clam Anti-Virus, MiniCOM, SpikeProxy, MRTG, and many of the Cisco-centric Open Source Exchange tools. The link for this article located at Jascha / LocalAreaSecurity.com is no longer available. . Jascha submits, L.A.S. Linux is a 'live CD' distribution of Linux which allows the applications to b. linux, jascha, submits, 'live, distribution, which, allows, applications. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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