NetSecL Project

NetSecL Linux is by default with hardened configuration leaving the distribution at a security level where it is still usable and providing the tools needed to test your security. GrSecurity and it's firewall are features that makes the distribution unique along with specially compiled packages:

runnable on i486 up to 64 bit machines
with GCC Stack Smashing Protection
compiled with binutils that supports PT_PAX_FLAGS

You'll find top tools like

Amap
Ettercap
Hydra
Kismet
Nessus
Nmap
Metasploit
PADS

... and many others

NetSecL History

At first the NetSecL Project started under the name ISlack and was developed by the time when Yuriy Stanchev (NetSecL Project Leader) was in Germany - the distribution was spread among friends and after a year of usage and testing it was uploaded on http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net on 03-May-2005 18:52. From that point it evolved and became what it is today.

NetSecL Documentation

Official Documentation
FAQ	[online]
NetSecL Intro	[online] [tgz]
Networking Reference	[online] [tgz]
Short Reference (Command, Directories, Config files)	[online] [tgz]
*External documentation*
The Slackware Book	[online]
Pax Documentation	[online]
GrSecurity Policies	[online]

NetSecL is listed on: Distromania, Freshmeat , Linuxlinks, LWN , Softpedia, Wikipedia

Sources:

If not otherwise specified, all the software on the CDs and all scripts I wrote
fall under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. This means that it's for
free and it's without any warranty. The source codes of the standard packages
on the CDs are available from their original providers and
eg. from ftp.slackware.com.

Following non-profit organisations donated web space:

http://mirror.cs.vt.edu/

http://tuxfamily.org/

http://unixsol.org/

http://mgts.beltelecom.by/

http://www.mirror.garr.it/

http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/

http://www.gg3.net/

http://www.fu-berlin.de/

http://mirror.uni-c.dk/

http://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/WEB/

A big "Thank you" to the admins of these non-profit organisations.