List of Figures

Introduction

Figure I-1: The knoppix-mkimage introduction screen

Figure I-2: Where do you want to store your persistent image?

Figure I-3: For maximum security, encrypt your persistent image.

Figure I-4: How big do you want your persistent image to be?

Figure I-5: Your persistent image has been created.

Figure I-6: I like to keep at least a couple of different disk images on my USB flash drive.

Chapter 1: Unraveling the Knoppix Toolkit Maze

Figure 1-1: KPackage makes it relatively easy to install and manage software.

Figure 1-2: Changing fonts in the KDE Fonts Control Center

Figure 1-3: Changing the fonts for the Konqueror file manager

Figure 1-4: Changing the fonts Konqueror uses when it displays Web pages

Figure 1-5: Changing Firefox's font options

Figure 1-6: Change the fonts that KMail uses

Figure 1-7: Isn't it obvious that you should configure fonts when you configure printers? No? We don't think so, either.

Figure 1-8: The KDE (and Knoppix) printer config utility

Figure 1-9: XMMS is simple and effective.

Figure 1-10: Audacity, when you first open it

Figure 1-11: Audacity with a WAV file, open and ready to edit

Figure 1-12: Kuickshow, open and ready to display pictures

Figure 1-13: The Kuickshow contextual menu offers many options.

Figure 1-14: The GIMP, ready to edit an image of a really cute little dog

Figure 1-15: That same really cute little dog, circa 1900

Figure 1-16: Xine, playing Thomas A. Edison's "May Irwin Kiss" (1896)

Figure 1-17: K3b's main window

Figure 1-18: Creating a Data CD Project in K3b

Figure 1-19: The Writing tab of the K3b Data Project window

Figure 1-20: Setting the kind of session you're using in K3b

Figure 1-21: Describing the disc you're burning in K3b

Figure 1-22: Tell K3b what kind of filesystem you want to place on your new CD.

Figure 1-23: You can change the basic CD-R/W filesystems in K3b.

Figure 1-24: Editing a copy of the /etc/hosts file with vim.

Figure 1-25: Kate, the text editor, ready to edit text

Figure 1-26: The OpenOffice.org function toolbar, with the Export Directly as PDF button in the center, between the Edit and Print buttons.

Figure 1-27: Scribus, the open-source desktop publishing program

Figure 1-28: Use the text selection icon to grab text out of a PDF.

Figure 1-29: Kompare compares two files, highlighting the differences.

Chapter 2: Maximizing Knoppix Internet Tools

Figure 2-1: Configuring your dial-up connection with KPPP

Figure 2-2: Enter details about your dial-up account.

Figure 2-3: BitTornado downloading a Knoppix ISO

Figure 2-4: Right-click in a site's Search box to add a search keyword.

Figure 2-5: Add the details for your new search keyword.

Figure 2-6: KMail is open, but you have to configure it before you can use it.

Figure 2-7: KMail's Configure window

Figure 2-8: Adding an SMTP server to KMail

Figure 2-9: Tell KMail which kind of email account you use.

Figure 2-10: Point KAddressBook to another address book file.

Figure 2-11: Add IM accounts to Gaim.

Figure 2-12: Only a few buddies are online in this example.

Chapter 3: Connecting to Other Machines and Resources

Figure 3-1: Connect to other machines running VNC or RDP with Remote Desktop Connection.

Figure 3-2: Controls at the top of the RDC window

Figure 3-3: Konqueror makes a great FTP client.

Figure 3-4: You have to accept a machine's key the first time you connect to it.

Figure 3-5: Konqueror finds your Samba workgroups.

Figure 3-6: Konqueror displays the machines in a selected Samba workgroup.

Figure 3-7: Konqueror displays the Samba shares in a selected machine.

Figure 3-8: Setting scan preferences in LinNeighborhood

Figure 3-9: Tell LinNeighborhood to remember your Samba username and password.

Figure 3-10: Before browsing, you have to enter the username and password again.

Figure 3-11: LinNeighborhood displays a list of machines in a workgroup.

Figure 3-12: LinNeighborhood displays a list of Samba shares on a machine.

Figure 3-13: Tell LinNeighborhood exactly how you want to mount a Samba share.

Figure 3-14: The default Apache page on your computer

Chapter 4: Fixing Linux with Knoppix

Figure 4-1: QTParted enables you to work with partitions from within Linux.

Chapter 5: Fixing Windows with Knoppix

Figure 5-1: QTParted's startup screen

Figure 5-2: QTParted's Resize Partition dialog.

Figure 5-3: Sizing a partition to 1GB

Figure 5-4: QTParted displays the changes you want to make.

Figure 5-5: QTParted's Create Partition dialog box

Figure 5-6: Creating a partition in QTParted

Figure 5-7: QTParted's commit warning

Figure 5-8: Partitioning was successful.

Figure 5-9: Open your Windows hard drive in Konqueror.

Figure 5-10: A boot.ini file open in KWrite

Figure 5-11: Using the Registry Editor in Linux

Figure 5-12: The USB jump drive is set to read-write once you uncheck the Read Only box.

Figure 5-13: Saving files to the jump drive from Windows

Figure 5-14: Burning files to a CD/DVD using K3b

Figure 5-15: Starting the backup process

Chapter 6: Assessing Security with Knoppix

Figure 6-1: Nessus is now open and ready to configure.

Figure 6-2: Nessus sets up an SSL certificate to encrypt traffic.

Figure 6-3: Choose the plug-ins you want to use when scanning with Nessus.

Figure 6-4: Choose which computer(s) you want to examine with Nessus.

Figure 6-5: Nessus presents you with a report after its scan and analysis.

Figure 6-6: Ethereal doesn't do much when it first opens … but just wait.

Figure 6-7: Choose what you want to capture with Ethereal.

Figure 6-8: Ethereal at work

Figure 6-9: Ethereal has captured plenty of data for analysis.

Figure 6-10: Create a display filter for Ethereal.

Figure 6-11: Clear-text email login and password (blacked out in this figure) are available to nearly everyone. Oops.

Figure 6-12: QTParted shows you a graphical representation of your drives and partitions.

Chapter 7: Clustering with Knoppix

Figure 7-1: A sample run of pi.

Figure 7-2: Beautiful results from a pmandel run

Figure 7-3: After booting the slave nodes

Figure 7-4: Running John on two nodes

Chapter 8: Checking Out Security Distros

Figure 8-1: Now that is good menuing!

Figure 8-2: Gkismet has found quite a number of wireless networks near me.

Figure 8-3: You can find out a lot about a Wireless Access Point using Kismet.

Figure 8-4: GRAB gives you a simple way to image a hard drive.

Figure 8-5: What kinds of files do you want Retriever to find today?

Figure 8-6: Retriever displays its finds.

Figure 8-7: Helix enables you to perform several tasks on a running Windows machine.

Figure 8-8: Eight invaluable tools for recovering computers running Windows

Figure 8-9: Helix generates a very useful security report about your Windows machine.

Figure 8-10: Four more invaluable tools

Figure 8-11: Directories and files that have been accessed on a Windows machine

Figure 8-12: Think your email username and password are secret? Guess again.

Figure 8-13: What's the password?

Figure 8-14: Not a very secure password

Figure 8-15: Update ClamAV's anti-virus database.

Figure 8-16: Tell ClamAV where you want to scan for viruses.

Figure 8-17: Mtr hard at work, pinging constantly along the route to my host.

Chapter 9: Changing Knoppix to Fit Your Needs

Figure 9-1: KPackage, showing the details of KPDF

Figure 9-2: KPDF, ready to open PDF files

Figure 9-3: The saveconfig script shows the selection of save options.

Figure 9-4: Specify where your files should be stored.

Figure 9-5: The introduction screen

Figure 9-6: Specify where your files should be stored.

Figure 9-7: Warning! Don't click Yes right away!

Figure 9-8: Make sure you have enough free space before continuing!

Chapter 11: Creating Archix, Knoppix for Kids

Figure 11-1: Earth at Night
C. Mayhew and R. Simmon (NASA/GSFC), NOAA/ NGDC, DMSP Digital Archive

Figure 11-2: The boot screen for Archix utilizes the famous St. Louis Arch.

Chapter 12: Creating Myppix, Your Personal Knoppix

Figure 12-1: The KDE default panel, just begging for improvement.

Figure 12-2: A much cleaner, more efficient panel

Figure 12-3: Which config files do you want to save?

Figure 12-4: Pick where you want to save your configuration files.

Appendix A: Booting Knoppix

Figure A-1: Start with the Knoppix boot splash screen.

Figure A-2: Knoppix in graphics mode.

Figure A-3: Knoppix stopping at the end of the stage 1 boot process

Appendix B: Installing Knoppix to Your Hard Drive

Figure B-1: Starting the knoppix-installer

Figure B-2: Partition detection

Figure B-3: Knoppix Partition Menu window

Figure B-4: QTParted

Figure B-5: Knoppix installer main menu

Figure B-6: Select a system type.

Figure B-7: Select a partition for the Knoppix installation.

Figure B-8: Select a filesystem type.

Figure B-9: Enter personal identification.

Figure B-10: Use the Knoppix-generated username or create your own.

Figure B-11: Enter a user password.

Figure B-12: Enter an administration (root) password.

Figure B-13: Create a system hostname.

Figure B-14: Select the boot loader location.

Figure B-15: Starting the installation from the main menu

Figure B-16: Review the installation parameters.

Figure B-17: Installation progress

Figure B-18: Click yes to create a boot disk.

Figure B-19: Successful installation