Category Archives: Tools
XCA, Tool for managing certificates and private/public keys
In XCA home page: X Certificate and Key management: This application is intended for creating and managing X.509 certificates, certificate requests, RSA, DSA and EC private keys, Smartcards and CRLs. Everything that is needed for a CA is implemented. It … Continue reading
EIDAuthenticate, Tool for smart card logon
With open source EIDAuthenticate it is possible to use 2-factor authentication, smart card + PIN, to login to Windows. EIDAuthenticate is for Windows Vista & later on stand alone computer (computer not in domain, ie. no Active Directory in use). … Continue reading
Test: portable VirtualBox with xubuntu linux
VirtualBox is well known tool for running guest OS inside host OS. A portable version is called Portable-VirtualBox, and it can be runned without installation (but requires admin rights). From virtualbox site: VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization … Continue reading
Katana, collection of portable security tools and bootable distributions
Katana is a collection of security tools on USB stick. Katana is a portable multi-boot security suite which brings together many of today’s best security distributions and portable applications to run off a single Flash Drive. There are 2 ways … Continue reading
WinTaylor, forensics tools on USB stick
WinTaylor is a collection of tools for analyzing or troubleshoothing a PC. WinTaylor itself is a GUI launchboard for several other tools. Positive: No installation needed, just execute from USB In overall, good collection (nirsoft, sysinternals etc.) Source code available … Continue reading
Win32 Disk Imager, Tool to write image into a bootable USB
Win32 Disk Imager is basic tool for one purpose: to write disk image into USB. (In their www pages, it is called “Image Writer for Windows”). In the example below, NBCAINE image is being written into USB memory (drive L:).
Tip, secure communication channel from remote site to your home computer, for file transfers and for browsing internet
This blog is miscellaneous add-on to the earlier blogs Tip, personal online file storage by using your home computer and Privacy and internet communication. In the first blog, the solution for online storage was build by using In home computer: … Continue reading