Devil-Linux Devil-Linux is a distribution which boots and runs completely from CDROM.
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Devil-Linux is a distribution which boots and runs completely from CDROM. Devil-Linux is a distribution which boots and runs completely from CDROM. The configuration can be saved to a floppy diskette or a USB pen drive.Devil Linux was originally intended to be a dedicated firewall/router but now Devil-Linux can also be used as a server for many applications. Attaching an optional hard drive is easy, and many network services are included in the distribution.The system is designed to install without the use of a hard drive. It requires the use of a CDROM and a write-protected floppy.The CDROM provides the operating system, and the floppy provides the configuration information, via a tarball that is unpacked into the /etc directory. In this way, the system is fully configurable, yet the running system has no writeable device.Here are some key features of "Devil Linux":· Boots from CD · Traditionally Devil Linux boots from a CD-ROM which is read-only by nature. This means an intruder will not be able to install i.e. an "ordinary" root kit. · Boots from USB pendrive · As all movable parts in your computer, the CD-ROM is prone to failure. This is the reason why we provide a script to install the entire system on an USB pendrive. Note: You need a computer which is able to boot from USB harddisks, in order to use this feature. · Configuration is saved on a floppy disc or on a USB Flash Media · Due to the read-only nature of CD-ROMs, you need a place to save your configuration files. This can either traditionally be on a floppy disc or on a USB flash media (like a pendrive), to increase the reliability. · Configuration can be burned on CD · There are cases when you have to ensure that the configuration can't be modified. This is the reason why we provide the feature for loading the configuration archive from the (read-only) CD-ROM. · No need for a harddisk although it can optionally be used for data storage · Most distributions need a harddisk for data storage, with DL this is completely optional. Reasons for adding harddisk data storage would be, i.e. when you use DL as your mail server or for file sharing. DL uses dynamic disc configuration via the Logical Volume Manager, which makes adding and maintaining the harddisk storage easy (regardless if you have only 1 GB or 1 TB of data). · Support for Intel 486 and higher · Got some old boxes in your bone yard? For most internet connection an old computer is enough to play the role of your Firewall, this is the reason why we still support 486 CPUs. But we're not stuck with old technologies, we also provide you a version vor 686 CPUs with SMP support. · IPTables/Netfilter Support · State of-the-art firewall functionality is provided by IPTables/Netfilter, which includes features like connection tracking. Devil-Linux adds many more Netfilter modules then you find in your standard Linux Kernel. · Create your own, customized version with our Build System · Since everybody has different requirements, Devil-Linux provides you with an easy-to-use build system, which enables you to create your own customized version. You can i.e. only add the packages you need on your machine or even add features which are currently missing in the mainstream version. · Directly supported by Firewall Builder · Don't like writing your Firewall rules by hand? Get Firewall Builder and use a great GUI tool to create your ruleset. Firewall Builder supports writing the rules directly onto your configuration floppy. · No graphical desktop · Devil-Linux has not support for i.e. X-Server. This greatly reduces the requirements to run DL and also greatly increases security by reducing the number of running programs. (Try this on Windows...) · Almost all binaries are compiled with the GCC Stack Smashing Protector · Except of a very few exceptions, all binaries are compiled with the GCC Stack Smashing Protector. Applications written in C will be protected by the method that automatically inserts protection code into an application at compilation time. The protection is realized by buffer overflow detection and the variable reordering feature to avoid the corruption of pointers. · Improved Kernel Security through GRSecurity · GRSecurity adds several new features and protection mechanisms to the Linux Kernel itself. This includes Chroot restrictions (did you know that it is easy to break out of a non-protected chroot jail?), Address space modification protection (like PAX), Auditing features, Randomization features and much more. · Easy to use chroot · Devil-Linux has support for chroot jails which is easy to use. Just define what you need in a configuration file and our jail script will take care of the rest. Some pre-defined configurations are already available.Requirements:· PC 486 DX2/66-class or better· 32MB RAM· bootable ATAPI or SCSI CD-ROM drive or USB Device· 1.44" floppy disk drive or USB Device· any network interfaces like 10 and/or 100MBps network interface cards or external analog/ISDN-Modem.What's New in This Release:· updated dnsmasq-2.45· updated openldap-2.4.11· updated samba-3.0.30· updated clamav-0.93.3· updated i2c-2.10.5· updated lm_sensors-2.10.7· updated sysstat-8.1.4· updated bind to 9.5.0-P1· added dev86 to build environment· updated lilo to 22.8· ImageMagick can now corretly identify file types again· updated ImageMagick-6.4.1-8· updated Mail-SpamAssassin-3.2.5· updated clamav-0.93.1· updated curl-7.18.2· updated dnsmasq-2.42· updated freetype-2.3.6· updated httpd-2.2.9· updated l7-protocols-2008-04-23· updated lftp-3.7.3· updated memtest86-3.4· updated mysql-5.0.51b· updated ntop-3.3.6· updated openldap-2.4.10· updated openssl-0.9.8h· updated postfix-2.5.2· updated postgresql-8.3.3· updated pptp-1.7.2· updated stunnel-4.25· updated sysstat-8.1.3· updated wget-1.11.3· updated gradm-2.1.12-200805181037· updated grsecurity-2.1.12-2.4.36.4-200805181025· updated linux-2.4.36.6· updated acl_2.2.47-1· updated attr_2.4.41· updated bzip2-1.0.5· updated lm_sensors-2.10.6· updated dovecot-1.0.13· updated openssh-5.0p1· updated shorewall-shell-4.0.10· updated nagios-3.0.1· updated nagios-plugins-1.4.11· updated nrpe-2.12· updated nsca-2.7.2· updated postgresql-8.3.1· updated rsync-3.0.2· updated smartmontools-5.38· updated tar-1.20· updated wget-1.11.2· updated nagios-plugin-pgsql_include_for_8.3· updated linux-2.4.36.4· updated pax-linux-2.4.36.4-test1· updated bridge-utils-1.4· updated cyrus-imapd-2.3.12p2· updated device-mapper.1.02.25· updated gnupg-1.4.9· updated krb5-1.6.3· updated libpcap-0.9.8· updated libpng-1.2.29· updated lzo-2.03· updated nmap-4.62· updated openldap-2.4.9· updated pcre-7.7· updated samba-3.0.28a· updated snort-2.8.1· updated squid-3.0.STABLE5· updated tcpdump-3.9.8· updated xfsprogs_2.9.8-1· updated open-vm-tools-2008.04.14-87182· updated grsecurity-2.1.12-2.4.36.4-200805181025· updated libxml2-2.6.30· updated libxslt-1.1.24· updated nut-2.2.2· updated p7zip_4.57-libun7zip· updated p7zip_4.57_src_all· updated php-5.2.6· updated scponly-20080308· updated shorewall-perl-4.0.10.1· updated shorewall-common-4.0.10.1· updated sudo-1.6.9p16· updated stunnel-4.24· updated e2fsprogs-1.40.8· corrected motion compile (Heiko / Martin Wilderoth)· corrected dhcp compile (Heiko / Martin Wilderoth)· updated open-vm-tools to 2008.02.13-7792· added hotfix to allow ntop links agains net-snmp (sl)· updated awstats to 6.7· updated clamav to 0.92.1· updated curl to 7.18.0· updated dhcp to 3.1.0· updated dnsmasq to 2.41· updated file to 4.23· updated glib to 2.14.6· updated httpd to 2.2.8· updated imap to 2007a.DEV.SNAP-0802160141· updated l7-protocols to 2008-02-10· updated less to 418· updated lftp to 3.6.3· updated mrtg to 2.16.1· updated open-vm-tools to 2008.01.23-74039· updated pcre to 7.6· updated pkg-config to 0.23· updated postfix to 2.5.1· updated rrdtool to 1.2.27· updated sagator to 1.0.0· updated sagator-libclamav to 1.2.3· updated sagator-pydspam to 0.9.0· updated vsftpd to 2.0.6· updated vtun to 3.0.2· updaed linux to 2.4.36.1· added arping tool (sl)· increased compatability of strongswan for windows and cisco clients· updated strongswan to 2.8.8· updated Mail-SpamAssassin 3.2.4· updated cracklib 2.8.12· updated dovecot 1.0.10· updated man 1.6f· updated rrdtool1.2.26· updated sudo 1.6.9p11· updated sysstat 8.0.4· updated gmp to 4.2.2· updated gnupg to 1.4.8· updated libgcrypt to 1.4.0· updated libgpg-error to 1.6· updated logwatch to 7.3.6· updated swig to 1.3.33· updated zip to 2.3.2· added missing LSI fusion scsi drivers to initial ramdisk· downgraded iptables to 1.3.7 (due to missing extensions, i.e. connlimit, time and others) What's New in This Release: · updated alsa-driver to 1.0.20 · updated alsa-lib to 1.0.20 · updated alsa-oss to 1.0.17 · updated alsa-tools to 1.0.20 · updated alsa-utils to 1.0.20 · updated gradm to 2.1.14-200905131803 · updated grsecurity to 2.1.14-2.6.29.3-200905192213 · updated ipsec-tools to 0.7.2 · updated lftp to 3.7.14 · updated open-vm-tools to 2009.05.22-167859 · updated openldap to 2.4.16 · updated Kernel to 2.6.29.4 · updated procps to 3.2.8 · updated psmisc to 22.7 · updated stunnel to 4.27 · updated sudo to 1.7.1 · added additional webmin modules · updated almost all perl modules · added sendmail v8.14.3 (only libmilter for the build system is used) · added dkim-milter v2.8.2 · rollback kernel to 2.6.29.2 (sl) · updated coreutils to 7.3 (sl) · updated file to 5.01 (sl) · updated libevent to 1.4.10 (sl) · updated kernel to 2.6.29.3 (sl) · updated rsync to 3.0.6 (sl) · updated grsecurity to 2.1.14-2.6.29.2-200905040840 · created missing cron directories · added patch quagga-0.99.11-BGP-4-byte-ASN-bug-fixes · added webmin 1.470 · updated bacula to 3.0.1 · updated gradm to 2.1.14-200904242018 · updated grsecurity to 2.1.14-2.6.29.2-200904281847 · updated mysql to 5.1.34 · updated patch to 2.6.29.2 · updated php to 5.2.9 · updated unrarsrc to 3.8.5 · added bacula-3.0.0 · added docbook2X-0.8.8 · updated e2fsprogs to 1.41.5 · updated glib to 2.20.1 · updated man-pages to 3.21 · updated mdadm to 2.6.9 · updated pcmciautils to 015 · updated syslinux to 3.75 · updated udev to 141 · corrected problem with run levels not being set up correctly · fixed ntop init script (Andrzej Odyniec/sl) · updated binutils to 2.19.1 (sl) · updated eventlog to 0.2.9 (sl) · updated hdparm to 9.15 (sl) · updated nfs-utils to 1.1.6 (sl) · updated postgresql to 8.3.7 (sl) · added parted 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24 (from debian) · enabled DST (updated kernel patch for 2.6.29) · updated aoe6 to .71 (sl) · updated conntrack-tools to 0.9.12 (sl) · updated cyrus-imapd to 2.3.14 (sl) · updated dhcp to 3.1.2 (sl) · updated freeradius-server to 2.1.4 (sl) · updated iproute2 to 2.6.29-1 (sl) · updated ipset to 2.5.0 (sl) · updated iptables to 1.4.3.2 (sl) · updated Linux-PAM to 1.0.4 (sl) · updated LVM2 to 2.02.45 (sl) · updated open-iscsi to git-20090417 (sl) · updated openssl to 0.9.8k (sl) · updated pcre to 7.9 (sl) · updated sqlite-amalgamation to 3.6.13 (sl) · updated squashfs to 4.0 (sl) · updated strongswan to 4.2.14 (sl) · updated ucarp to 1.5 (sl) · updated xfsprogs to 3.0.0 (sl) · updated bind to 9.6.0-P1 · replaced vmware-guestd with vmtoolsd · disabled DST for now (no kernel patch for 2.6.29) · removed linux-wlan-ng · updated aufs2-git-20090413 · updated awstats-6.9 · updated bridge-utils-git-20090408 · updated clamav-0.95.1 · updated curl-7.19.4 · updated dcc-1.3.103 · updated dvd+rw-tools-7.1 · updated fetchmail-6.3.9 · updated freetype-2.3.9 · updated gpm-1.20.6 · updated gradm-2.1.14-200903281538 · updated grsecurity-2.1.14-2.6.29-200903281534 · updated hdparm-9.14 · updated iptables-1.4.3 · updated iscsitarget-svn-20090413 · updated joe-3.7 · updated kid-0.9.6 · updated lftp-3.7.11 · updated libHX-2.5 · updated libcap-2.16 · updated libpng-1.2.35 · updated linux-2.6.29.1 · updated loop-AES-v3.2f · updated mc-4.6.2 · updated mtools-4.0.10 · updated nut-2.4.1 · updated open-vm-tools-2009.03.18-154848 · updated pciutils-3.0.3 · updated readline-5.2 · updated rrdtool-1.2.30 · updated sagator-1.1.1 · updated samba-3.3.3 · updated shorewall-common-4.2.6 · updated shorewall-perl-4.2.6 · updated shorewall-shell-4.2.6 · updated snort-2.8.4 · updated swig-1.3.39 · updated syslinux-3.73 · updated sysstat-9.0.1 · updated tar-1.22 · updated tftp-hpa-5.0 · updated util-linux-ng-2.14.2 · updated zip-1.8.10

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