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Mirrors and Open Source Software

Mirror.cc.vt.edu is a repository for Open Source software local to Virginia Tech. Currently there are mirrors of Red Hat Linux and Debian Linux and the Linux Kernel.

You can connect to the IPv6-only version of this site by clicking here.

	Red Hat Linux
	Mirror of the Red Hat FTP site (versions 8.0 and later)

	Debian Linux
	Mirror of the Debian FTP site (current and proposed versions)

	Linux Kernel
	Mirror of the Linux Kernel (kernel.org)

	CPAN
	Comprehensive Perl Archive Network - All Things Perl

	Ancient Unix
	Several really old versions of Unix; useful for looking at OS structure and design

	Fink
	Here are the .info and .patch files for Fink. We're working on becomming an official fink mirror.

	Fedora
	Red Hat's new project, Fedora . Here's an example /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo , and /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo , that use this mirror for updates. For versions of Fedora before 7, try these: /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-core.repo , /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo , and /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-extras.repo .

	Mozilla
	The popular Mozilla web browser. Includes Firefox.

	Centos
	The Community ENTerprise Operating System centos.org

	Ubuntu
	www.ubuntu.com is a free distro based on Debian.

	Gentoo
	A highly customizable flavor of linux. gentoo.org The portage files can be found here. Also available via rsync.

	KNOPPIX
	The KNOPPIX live cd distribution. Great for toubleshooting and diagnostic work.

	Raw access
	Browse the site manually

Other Mirrors on Campus

	Computer Science
	The Computer Science Department maintains a mirror server. They have mirrors of several interesting things, including: ArchLinux, Knoppix, Slackware, CentOS, MEPIS Linux, and Cygwin,

Local Projects

Katana

Katana is a multi-boot USB security suite designed for all your computer security needs. The idea behind this tool is to bring together all of the best security distributions to run from one USB drive. Katana includes distributions which focus on Penetration Testing, Auditing, Password Cracking, Forensics and Honey Pots. Included in this distribution are: Backtrack 3, Backtrack 4 beta, the Ultimate Boot CD, Organizational Systems Wireless Auditor (OSWA) Assistiant, Slax 6, Ophcrack XP, Ophcrack Vista, Damn Small Linux and Damn Vulnerable Linux.

Katana was created by JP Dunning, a graduate student working at the VT IT Security Lab. This is considered beta software (standard disclaimer).

The offical Katana site is here.

Other Items - links to other resources. More as they appear.

	OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice.org
	OpenOffice is a free office productivity suite for PC, Solaris, Linux, and Mac./td>

	University of Hawaii
	There is a very nice (and large) mirror run by the University of Hawaii.

Additional Resources

	Security.vt.edu
	Various security resources at Virginia Tech

New Content
We now have an unoffical Centos mirror.

Now with Rsync!

Rsync is now enabled. Currenlty configured packages are:

[finkinfo]
[fedora-linux-core]
[fedora-linux-extras]
[fedora-linux-core-updates]
[fedora-linux-core-development]
[kernel]
[gentoo]
[gentoo-portage]
[centos]
[mozilla]
[helix]
[CPAN]
[knoppix]
[knoppix-cd] (same as knoppix)
[knoppix-dvd]
[yellowdog]

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Mirrors and Open Source Software

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