Category:OWASP Live CD Project

Overview
The OWASP Live CD (LabRat) is a bootable CD akin to knoppix but dedicated to Application Security. It shall serve as a vehicle and distrubition medium for OWASP tools and guides also.

The OWASP Live CD is linux based using morphix technology in the build process. It shall be freely available when complete.

The Beta shall be demonstrated at the AppSec 2006 in Seattle in October.

BETA Release of OWASP LiveCD ready for testing
OWASP LiveCD is ready to download. This distro is Beta Version 0.8 named "LabRat" and is part of the OWASP Autumn of Code sponsorship. The distro is focused on providing all of OWASP tools and documents on a bootable CD. The goal is to have a portable distro that can be used by professional penetration testers,security admins, Students, or anyone interested in computer security to perform work,training, or research. All you have to do is burn the .ISO to DVD or start under Vmware/Virtual PC and you will have a full Linux desktop environment loaded with OWASP tools and documents.Another instant advantage is that the CD can be distributed within testing teams and new hires to ensure everyone has the same tools without spending a week setting up a laptop. Same scenario applies for students learning computer security. The CD contains the WebGoat application designed for learning about application vulnerabilities utilizing easy to follow lessons.( Version 5 will be included this month)

Details
I finally got back from holidays and spent the weekend to finish up the BETA version of the CD. It's quite large right now weighing in at 802mb so it's just big enough to use a DVD and not a CD. This will be much smaller once the first round of testing has been completed. The current release v08 seems to be fairly stable and works on most platforms I have tested on. When the CD boots up you will notice that all the OWASP tools and docs have icons on the desktop and can also be found in the programs menu. What I tried to do was follow the current OWASP naming convention -Releases,Beta, and Alpha.This keeps everything organized and also helps adding new tools and documents.

Issues
The CD is stable but I'm not having problems starting WebGoat v4 again for some reason. I had this working all weekend and on several versions I made yesterday- However, when I burned the final Beta version it stopped for some reason. ( I may have corrupted a permission or something when I was chrooted back into the filesystem.)

What's Next?
I have not added tools yet other than OWASP docs and tools. Once the OWASP material is added and verified the specialty tools such as VOIP, RFID, and Wireless will be added.

BETA TESTERS
We encourage everyone to download the .ISO and give us feedback on what we can do to make it better. Also, what tools or docs would you like to have on the CD? The URL to the mailing list is owasp-livecd@lists.owasp.org. I can also be contacted directly - livecd@packetfocus.com

Download
The distro can be downloaded from the PacketFocus website (http://packetfocus.com/hackos/AOC_Labrat-ALPHA-0008.iso) ((800mb)) After you download it just burn it to a DVD or use something like Vmware server to try it out. Vmware is a free download now (www.vmware.com) This project was sponsored by OWASP Autumn of Code 2006.

Download
Wait 'till its done......

News
'''OWASP Live CD Project Created! - 10:00, 1 October 2006 (EDT)'''

The Open Web Application Security Project is proud to announce the OWASP Live CD Project!

Feedback and Participation:
We hope you find the OWASP Live CD Project useful. Please contribute to the Project by volunteering for one of the Tasks, sending your comments, questions, and suggestions to owasp@owasp.org. To join the OWASP Live CD Project mailing list or view the archives, please visit the subscription page.

Graphics for Labrat ( Live Linux Distro ) If anyone would like to help out with the graphics for the Live Linux Distro please contact OWASP at packetfocus.com This would be a great project for University or even High School students to participate in the security community. The Distro was named "labrat" because it should contain all the tools necessary to perform labratory grade ethical hacking / auditing. And all of the other cool themes have been taken but other Distro's....

Project Sponsor
Live CD sponsors: https://www.owasp.org/images/2/2a/LabRat_CD_Cover_logo_small.PNG https://www.owasp.org/images/4/4b/Rits_logo_small.GIF