ADIOS 8
The objective of the ADIOS project is to quickly and easily download a consistent operating system environment onto laboratory PCs. The ADIOS environment provides students with administrative privileges required to perform advanced exercises in Network and Systems Administration.
They needed a way to download a pre-installed version of the operating system onto the PC in the laboratory. There are many tools available to do this, but the ADIOS project uses a web server to deliver the Operating System images.
The ADIOS setup image is used to install operating systems onto disk partitions. It also copies the OS images from disk to disk to reduce network traffic. The ADIOS image was ported onto CDROM for students to use at home.
ADIOS-SELinux is a separate boot CD for running NSA Security Enhanced Linux. Additional software is available on the DVD version of ADIOS.
Current Directions
ADIOS setup – install OS images in a laboratories with authentication;
ADIOS CD/DVD – complete Linux OS on a bootable CD with documentation;
Virtual Machines – User Mode Linux, Xen and CoLinux;
Trusted Systems – LIDS, SELinux and RSBAC.
In a student environment authentication of the users is very important. Limiting the damage that could occur when there are multiple administrators is a concern. However empowering the student to select the operating system to download and then boot it is important. Providing students with administrative privileges has aided students to become more responsible and more ethical in their behaviour.
Download link to the distribution ISO