The Raspberry Pi is a credit card sized computer that costs
only $35. That alone makes it an amazing
base for computer projects, as the price point is right and with the power
available through Linux, it can do amazing things. I am DJ Palombo, a senior at Champlain
College in the Computer and Digital Forensics major, with a specialization in
Information Assurance. I have been
talking about using Raspberry Pi for some interesting purposes since they were
released (http://bit.ly/Sjit4O) and will
continue to work with the Pi. I have a
new project in the works that will push me beyond my current skill set into
learning new and interesting things.
My newest project will be to take a Raspberry Pi (which may
be referred to as RasPi throughout the blog) and create a network monitor box
with some scripted attacks possible. The
goal is to be able to see how the small, cheap, low powered computer can capture
network data in line with a computer, and also listen on the entire network, attack
the network if it is told to (for experimental reasons only, of course), and do
all of this in a quiet and clandestine manner.
The hope for this project would be to provide a low cost
solution for anyone looking to monitor network traffic and have some fun on the
network. I will be posting periodic
updates on the project, and if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions
please let me know via the comments, and I will do my best to address
them. Thanks for reading, and I look
forward to having more for you.
Thanks,
-DJ Palombo
