Idea for TuxResponse came after incident response engagement, where I realized the need of automation of certain checks on Linux boxes. Instead of relying on saved commands, cheat sheets and unstructured scripts, I decided it’s time for a tool that will help me and others.
In the past months I was working on security incidents involving Linux systems and I struggled to find good material on that topic to structure well my response plan. In fact, Linux is the investigator’s black hole, blind spot, deficiency, weakness and so on.
I‘ve bought the book Linux Command Line and Shell Scripting Bible Third Edition by Richard Blum and Christine Bresnahan some time ago, but somehow haven‘t got enough time to go through it.