On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 1:14 PM, Dan White <dwh...@olp.net> wrote: > On 08/22/13 12:06 -0500, Stefan wrote: > >> I've been toying with Live distros (CD, then USB) for many years, in >> support of security toolsets, to which I kept adding my own stuff, or >> customizing existing components. >> >> I am now trying to "build" a network toolset LiveCD/USB, but this time >> with >> a completely different purpose: I would like to put it in the hands of all >> remote offices we have on our network, and use it to have local systems >> boot out of it, and help us then run troubleshooting tools, from the >> central office, by SSH/X-ing into the remote live system (e.g. iperf, >> hping3, httping, tcping, mtr, tcpdump, voip tools, some "thin" >> clients/apps, synthetic transactions scripted to run at diff time >> intervals, and report back to us the "health" seen form the remotes, >> etc.). >> Has anybody used a "base" network tools Live CD/USB that they would >> recommend, having used as "basis" for such a "network probe" >> functionality? >> >> NOTE: I assume *nix based (Linux or BSD flavors), not Windows ... >> > > live-build (Debian based) is what I've been using, and has the benefit of > allowing you to pick and choose from Debian's vast repository. Here's my > latest build script: > > http://web.olp.net/dwhite/lb.**txt <http://web.olp.net/dwhite/lb.txt> > -- > Dan White >
I love it, Dan! Thanks for sharing. ***Stefan