NST 18 Getting Started

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Overview

NST 18
SVN: 4509

This page provides a overview of getting started with the Network Security Toolkit using the NST 18 release (nst-18-4509.i686.iso). This page dicusses:

  • Where to download the ISO image from.
  • Different methods to live boot from the ISO image.
  • Installing to hard disk.
  • Initial setting of the passwords (which enables the sshd and httpd services).
  • Accessing the NST Web User Interface (WUI).

Download ISO Image

You should be able to download the nst-18-4509.i686.iso image from the NST area at SourceForge (https://sourceforge.net/projects/nst/files/NST/).

Live Boot The ISO Image

Once you have downloaded the ISO image, there are several ways to live boot from it.

Using USB Flash Drive

Using LiveCD Creator

Using dd

Using a Virtual Machine

If you have a virtual environment (VMware, VirtualBox, etc) installed on your system, you should be able to quickly boot directly from the ISO image. The minimum recommended settings for a virtual machine boot are:

  • 1 GB of RAM
  • 1 CPU
  • 20 GB of disk space (if you want to install NST to a virtual hard disk).

Using DVD

If your machine is unable to boot from a USB Flash drive, you can try burning the NST ISO image to DVD and try booting from the DVD. Be aware that booting from DVD media tends to be much slower than booting from a USB flash drive.


Initial Login

Installing To Hard Disk

Setting System Passwords

Using The NST WUI

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