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Slipstreaming
Or: Installing, patching, securing, and tweaking a new windows installation in
one (mostly) easy step
Why For?
• 0-Infected: Faster than a Ferrari– Honeynet project: www.honeynet.org
• Firewalls?!
• Distribution costs
The Challenge
• Install where you can’t be attacked
• Patch without being attacked
• Finish configuring without being attacked
Secure Install Methods
• Offline install– CDs, USB keys, external drives, etc
• Filtered access– Software firewall, hardware firewall
• Drive Imaging– Universal Imagining Utility
Slipstreaming Techniques
• Patching– Patches install files
• Unattended installs– Tweaking– Add-ons
Slipstreaming Methods
• Manual– Based on command-line
• Automatic– Totally tool driven
• Semi-auto– Somewhere in between
Manual
• Patches and SPs have CLI options
• Chaining
Copy cd contents to C:\XP-CD
Service Pack 2 Extract:MKDIR c:\XP-SP2XP-SP2.EXE /U /X:C:\XP-SP2
Apply the SP:C:\XP-SP2\i386\UPDATE\UPDATE.EXE -S:C:\XP-CD
Automatic
• Free Tools!– XPCREATE
– AutoPatcher
– nLite
Semiautomatic
• Use nLite for automated patch integration, some fixes
• Manually incorporate other software– Mcafee– Office
nLite
• Let’s play!
Testing
• Virtual PC– Free for MSDN subscribers
• Vmware– $$
• BOCHS/Qemu– Free, but unsure of reliability
Potential Issues
• Licensing– Microsoft Select Agreement– Other software?
• Keys pre-populated?