Hi all, For the last 6 months the members of the Dragon Research Group (associated with Team Cymru https://drg.team-cymru.org/about.html) have been busy working away. We have just announced what all that work has produced. Dean ----- The Dragon Research Group (DRG) would like to announce a new tool called the DRG Distro. This new tool is at the heart of the DRG Network which provides actionable intelligence. The Dragon Research Group (DRG) Distro is a Linux-based Live CD platform. It forms the cornerstone of much of DRG's ongoing research, analysis and development efforts. The goal of the DRG Distro is to build a DRG Network of pods that can securely and anonymously help provide actionable intelligence to the Internet security community. The DRG Distro can act as a passive data collection facility for many common applications such as HTTP servers or if expressly permitted, can help actively monitor malicious Internet activity. It also includes a number of tools that when combined with the DRG Network help provide real-time, usable intelligence to the local pod partner. The entire DRG Network is designed to provide real-time actionable intelligence in the form of statistics, graphs, threat feeds and DRG Distro tool sets that will benefit the entire Internet security community. No pod partner or pod specific information is ever shared outside the core DRG team by DRG. The DRG seeks trustworthy and reliable pod partners to help build and support the growing DRG Network. All pod partners are screened by DRG to help ensure the integrity of the DRG Network. Pod runners will have some advantages over the general public. They will have full insight into their own pods and their feedback will help determine the future direction of the DRG Distro and DRG Network. To volunteer to participate in the DRG Network please send the following information in a signed PGP message to: dragon(a)drg.team-cymru.org * Real and full name * PGP public key * Proposed network and geographic location(s) of pod install * General description of pod connectivity (e.g. bandwidth available, network policy and global filter rules, special instructions) Additional feedback or questions can be directed to the email address indicated above (dragon(a)drg.team-cymru.org) or visit us on the Freenode IRC network #drg channel. Approved pod parters will receive additional info about their DRG Distro pod, including installation instructions, technical specifications and more.