Windows Utility Package (working title)
From Bob's Basement
zeloralel The 'Windows Utility Package', is a collection of tools, utilites, guides (written/audio/visual), InterWeb service indexes and scripts for Windows computers.
Everyone needs a tool kit, everyone has one so I am told. Although not one containing custom scripts, human readable documentation, InterWeb services and designed for custom as well as general purposes. And if there is one, let us know. Every little bit of info helps.
There will be a package for main tasks: Technician, penetration tester, privacy, server services, coding student, gaming, et cetera. (We are well aware that many of these packages share requirements of their sister packages. There will be a degree of duplication, only where it is deemed necessary.)
The first package will be the 'technician' package. In a nutshell a technician's toolkit available on portable media.
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What's Next
We need to narrow the project down a bit, to start with we cast an unbounded net. We need to narrow and define the projects scope and come up with a structure.
Next Project Meeting Agenda for version 1:
- Define scope
- Select programs
- Re-define scope
- Bootable
- Use of portable applications and percentage there of
- Scripting and level there of
- Documentation, including customisation and audio/visual
- Select media
- Creation of version 0.01
Progress Report
We will try to give monthly updates about the progression of the project.
Updates
2007-05-17: 19:11
Bob Plonker and Zap welcome Napster to the team. Napster showed an interest and joined on 2007-05-02.
Problems: Access to the internet has been a problem for all concerned. The details are not important and work arounds are being looked into. The work arounds maybe become another active project.
Status: Directory structure needs to be agreeded upon and software to be included.
2007-04-15:
Project suggested by Bob Plonker, Zap showed an interested and joined the team.
Problems: None
Status: Requirement analysis
Project Stats
Project Inception: Sunday 15-04-07
Project Leader: Bob Plonker
Project Members: Zap, Napster (14-05-07)
Skillset Involved
Creation of bootable and/or live media
Use of best utilities and applicatiions for a particuler task
Script writing
Technical documentation
Other
Project Outline
Draft 1.0.1
Choosing the media
3.5 Floppy disk(s), for OS recovery
CD-R/W
DVD-R/W
Pendrive ( Size ? )
Other ? (i.e SD Card / iPod )
Evaluating portable media solutions already available
Ophtcrack - Password Recovery
Ultimate Boot Disk/CD - Bootable toolkit
BackTrack - Bootable Linux Distro for pentration and security testing
FreeDos - Free Dos replacement
BartPE - Utility to create Live Windows
Unkwown toolkits/software yet to be added
Links
'BartPE' (Bart Preinstalled Environment)
Wikipedia list of portable software
Evaluating Software required
Opensource/Freeware
Opensource/Freeware software would be ideal as this can be legally distrubuted.
Shareware
Shareware are programs that we would be able to distrubute but the end user would be liable to pay for if they were using it within the bounderies of the licence.
Commercial
Sometimes commercial software is the best solution to a problem. The end goal is to have a form of media that can be distrubuted. The legality of this prospect is not vaiable. Maybe a work around could be made where a module or patch could be applied if the end user has the software and their licence allows it.
Other (?)
This is where any thing not covered by the two above catergories would fall. This includes any scripts or custom coded programs. Custom made documentation and tutorials would be covered here as well.
