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Release Digest: General, September 2, 2003

Local Area Security Linux 0.4b

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 makes 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
along with basic desktop applications. 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.

For additional information and download mirrors visit: www.localareasecurity.com

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