µTools part 1 : Introduction, PEiD
As any IT security professional should do, I have gathered some useful utilities among the years. Some are linux based, some are windows based, some are useful for network security, while others are useful to ensure system security.
I always carry with me a small set of tools, that can be very useful for some purposes such as virus checking or other things. In order to select good tools, I am very strict and those must comply to several criteria :
- being standalone (no setup or installation procedure)
- being clean (the tool shouldn’t create files on the computer, or if so, be able to remove them properly when the program is stopped)
- have a small footprint (I try not to get apps that are more than 1Mb in size)
- being useful ! No bells and whistles, just the minimum to ensure it is properly doing its work.
- free, and if possible open source.
This set of small articles on my blog, starting from now, will present those small tools for Windows (in no particular order) that seems useful for me. The total size of the tools I use is less than 30Mb including all plugins and mandatory files, and easily fits into any USB key…
… Thus, the name µTools I gave to this set of small utilities.
Bruno Kerouanton on novembre 9th 2006 in IT Security
