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MsMittens

May 13 2004, 08:56 AM

Notes to mod: Didn't know quite where to stick this but this seemed the closest since this is part of the layered security concept that goes with all the other devices listed in the forum title.

The Honeynet Project just announced the release of the Live CD Honeywall project. It's interesting that they based it on the F.I.R.E. distro (an auditing distro and quite nice when I last looked at it). I think I might get some of my advanced students to give this a try and "abuse" it to see how good it is.

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The Honeynet Project is excited to announce the beta release of the Honeywall CDROM. This is a bootable CDROM that contains all the tools and functionality needed to operate a honeywall, including
data control, data capture and automated alerting. The CDROM is based on William Salusky's FIRE and is designed to act as an appliance: only those tools necessary to run the Honeywall are included on the CRDOM. The CDROM has a menu interface for faster installation, configuration, and maintenance; it also has advanced features that allow users to create customized .iso images. In addition, we are releasing the paper "Know Your Enemy: Honeywall CDROM." This KYE paper is an overview of the CDROM, how it works and is configured, issues and limitations, and several deployment examples.

NOTE: This CDROM is considered beta. This means the odds of this CDROM image having bugs or other issues is extremely high. Please submit any problems you have to our bugserver, https://bugs.honeynet.org. Also, since this CDROM automates the process of deploying honeynets, it's that much easier to shoot yourself in the foot. Be sure you read all documentation and understand the concepts and risks of honeynets before deploying one of these (you have been warned).

The Honeywall CDROM homepage http://www.honeynet.org/tools/cdrom

KYE: The Honeywall CDROM http://www.honeynet.org/papers/cdrom

myth

May 13 2004, 09:40 AM

Good. Honeywalls are making a big improvment, cant wait to see what this one offers

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