RaspberryKnight

RaspberryKnight Components

Raspbian

Raspbian is a specialized port of an operating system called Debian that is designed to work on a RaspberryPi. Your RaspberryPi can run a variety of different operating systems but running Raspbian will ensure that all the programs work together a little more smoothly.

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Pi-hole

Raspbian

Pi-hole is a network-wide ad-blocker. This handy program blocks most ads and gives a convenient way to monitor your raspberrypi's metrics.

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PiVPN

PiVPN turns your raspberrypi into a VPN server that allows you to secure internet traffic while using public internet. This has the added benefit of applying your pi-hole to your device even when away from your home network.

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Snort

PiVPN

Snort is an open-source intrusion detection and prevention system, depending on how it is configured. What that means is that it can monitor incoming and outgoing internet traffic for suspicious behavior and create alerts.

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Why Open-Source?

It's Trusted

Open-source software is trusted by industry experts and tech enthusiasts the world over. Because open-source software is, by its nature, collaborative, there is no incentive to secrecy. Code is often available to be reviewed and enhanced by the general public.

It's Free

Accessibility is important. Having an entire system, built from the OS up with software that is available for free gives learning experiences to people who might otherwise have no opportunity to play with and experiment on these types of software.

There is no way that a student like myself would be able to tinker with an intrusion detection system (IDS) without paying a prohibitive amount of money, gaining skills I will use in the industry, without open-source software.