PORTABLE SOFTWARE FOR USB - Portable software for USB, portable, and cloud drives -

PortableApps is an open source, application launcher that you install directly to your USB or cloud drive and use on any PC. You can download hundreds of portable applications from the PortableApps integrated directory, like Firefox, Skype, and more. This means you take your browser with your bookmarks and extensions, your office suite, your photo editor, your music collection, your games, your development tools, and more with you everywhere you go. And because everything stays on your drive, every PC becomes your PC. Additional features include integrated backup, interface themes, a search option, support for personal files, favorites and more.

PortableApps.com at a Glance

It took a few minutes to install the PortableApps Platform, and several more to install six apps including ClamWin, Firefox, GIMP, KeePass, Skype, and Stellarium. To start, we launched the heavyweight GIMP without a hitch, while each additional app opened just as quickly. The idea of carrying apps around on a USB seems plausible but the idea of loading the PortableApps Platform to Dropbox, or the like, seems like an even better idea. So, without further adieu, consider trying the PortableApps Platform, especially if you’ve been thinking about the best way to take your apps for a joy ride.

Product Details

Here is a detailed breakdown of PortableApps’ features:

• Take your apps everywhere—PortableApps lets you carry all your favorite apps on a portable device or cloud drive and use them on any PC.
• Use a portable device, cloud directory, or local drive—The PortableApps Platform comes with a smart installer that easily installs your environment to a portable device, a cloud drive (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.), or a local PC, so you can safely back up data to the cloud.
• Quickly find and install apps—PortableApps has a built-in app store that lists apps by category, title, or new and recently updated so you can install the apps you want with just a few clicks. And there’s no download limit.
• Easily organize apps—Grow and organize your app collection with folders that group them automatically or as you see fit. Pick favorites and have the menu learn what to keep up front and center. Or use the search to find what you're looking for.
• Easily update apps—When a new security fix for your browser is released or a new feature in your favorite game is available, the PortableApps Updater automatically lets you know. Just click a button and the updates are downloaded and installed without messing up your settings and saved files.
• Personalize your app menu—With a dozen bundled themes, each with a rainbow of color selections, the PortableApps Platform lets you pick a different look every day for months and never have the same menu twice.
• Take your fonts along too—The PortableApps Platform supports the ability to carry fonts on your portable device and use them with your portable software without needing to install them on the local machine.
• Advanced Features—The PortableApps Platform has the power and the options to work the way you want. And if there's something we haven't added that you'd like to see, just ask in the forums. We add new features every month!

Pros	Cons
PortableApps has over 300 apps, all 100% free, legal, and portable, which can be installed and automatically updated for you in the PortableApps Platform.	None really, because when you encounter issues, you’ll find links in the community forum where 180,000 developers, translators, users and fans are ready to help you!

Quick Specs

• Version: 12.0.5
• Date added: September 10, 2014
• Operating systems: Windows, plus Linux, Unix, and BSD via Wine, and Mac OS X via CrossOver, Wineskin, WineBottler, and PlayOnMac.
• License: GPLv2

 Level: Intermediate

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SWISS FILE KNIFE - Multi function command line tool that belongs onto every usb stick. -

Swiss File Knife- a command line tools collection -

A hundred command line tools in one executable. Find and extract text in binary files, list dir tree sizes, filter and replace text, run an instant ftp server, http server for easy file transfer, find duplicate files, join many text files into one, create and verify md5 checksum lists, run a command on all files, detab text, create hexdumps from files, trace contents of a tcp connection, find dependencies between files, print colored text to terminal, locate commands in the path, print last lines of a file, convert CR/LF, hex to binary, binary to source code, split and join large files, list the contents of all .zip .jar .tar.gz and .tar.bz2 files. Fully portable, for USB stick, without installation. For Windows, Linux and Mac. Source code should compile on further platforms as well, like embedded Linux.

Features

• text file filter and replace
• command line grep and find for text and binary files
• run command on all files of a directory tree
• instant command line ftp and http server for windows and linux
• instant command line file transfer between windows and linux
• find duplicate files by content
• split and join large files
• create and verify md5 lists of files
• detab text files
• convert between lf (unix) and crlf (windows) line endings
• show head or tail of text files
• create hexdump of binary files
• list files of directory tree by time, size, name pattern
• list directory differences showing added or changed files
• list nested .zip .tar .tar.gz .tar.bz2 archive contents
• print traffic of a tcp, http, udp connection
• command line file tool package without installation
• multi function file tool for usb stick
• License: BSD License

Very Useful Tool!!!!

Level: Expert

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Open Stego The Free Steganography Solution

 OpenStego, the free steganography solution. This is an open-source software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2.0.


OpenStego provides two main functionalities:

• Data Hiding: It can hide any data within a cover file (e.g. images).
• Watermarking (beta): Watermarking files (e.g. images) with an invisible signature. It can be used to detect unauthorized file copying.

Support is available through community forums.

What is Steganography?

Steganography is the science of hiding secret message inside another larger and harmless looking message. This is one notch above regular cryptography; which just obscures the original message. Steganography tries to conceal the fact that there is a message in the first place. Steganographic message often appears to be something else than the original (secret) message, like a picture, sound, larger text, etc.
Some terms related to Steganography:

• plaintext: The original secret message that needs to be communicated.
• ciphertext: Secret message is often first encrypted using traditional methods. Encrypted message is known as ciphertext.
• covertext: A larger and harmless looking data which is used as container for the plaintext/ciphertext. This can be a picture, sound, text, etc.
• stegotext: The data generated after embedding the plaintext/ciphertext into the covertext.

The normal procedure is to first encrypt the plaintext to generate the ciphertext, and then modify the covertext in some way to contain the ciphertext. The generated stegotext is sent over to the intended recepient. If a third party snoops the stegotext in between, then they will just see some harmless looking picture (or sound, etc). Once the recepient receives the stegotext, the ciphertext is extracted from it by reversing the logic that was used to embed it in the first place. The ciphertext is decrypted using the traditional cryptography to get back the original plaintext.

What is Digital Watermarking?

Digital Watermarking is the process of embedding a covert marker in a noise-tolerant signal such as image data. It is typically used to identify ownership of the copyright of such signal. The hidden information should but does not necessarily need to contain a relation to the carrier signal. Digital watermarks may be used to verify the authenticity or integrity of the carrier signal or to show the identity of its owners. It is prominently used for tracing copyright infringements and for banknote authentication. Like traditional watermarks, digital watermarks are only perceptible under certain conditions, i.e. after using some algorithm, and imperceptible anytime else. If a digital watermark distorts the carrier signal in a way that it becomes perceivable, it is of no use.
OpenStego provides robust digital watermarking capabilities such that the watermark strength is not easily reduced when the watermarked image is resized, cropped or some other minor modifications are done.

Level: Expert

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Hide & Reveal steganography software

Hide &Reveal is both an open-source steganography software and a java library distributed under the GNU GPL.
It is primarily designed for scientists wishing to experiment new hiding techniques or steganalysis on various carriers.

Main features

• Distributed under the GNU General Public License
• Pure Java
• Multi-threaded (why? Because it is possible!)
• Allows to hide any type of file within BMP, PNG and TIF images (more carriers to come...)
• Hiding and revealing assistants which include automatic hiding scheme selection
• Uses all schemes (algorithms) provided by the org.steganography library
• Customizable: pluggable algorithms and carrier types dynamically loaded at execution time (using an XML configuration file validated with XMLSchema)
• Fully internationalized in english and french. More languages to come depending on contributors

 Level: Expert

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Hide in Picture

Hide in Picture is a program that allows you to conceal files inside bitmap pictures, using a password. The pictures look like normal images, so people will not suspect there is hidden data in them.

Level: Intermediate

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Steganos Lock Note

Steganos LockNote will change the way you work with confidential notes. Application and document in one: the mechanism to encrypt and decrypt a note is part of it. Secure, simple, independent. No installation required.

System requirements: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7

Why use Steganos LockNote?

• Store your most valuable notes as a LockNote
  Hide your serial numbers, passwords, phone numbers and everyday notes in a safe place. Your informations will be encrypted using a password and most modern AES 256bit encryption technology.
• Secure, yet simple
  Just double-click a LockNote and enter your password to access your text files as usual.
• No installation required
  Move LockNotes wherever you want, as often as you want. A LockNote document does not require much more hard drive space than an unencrypted document.
• Encrypt existing text files in no time at all
  Simply drag and drop existing text files on a LockNote window: they will be encrypted automatically.
• Open and free
  LockNote is open source and is based upon open source technologies, e.g. the certified CryptoPP program library for strong encryption.

 Level: Expert

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Steganography Studio Software

Steganography Studio software is a tool to learn, use and analyze key steganographic algorithms.

It implements several algorithms highly configurable with a variety of filters.

Also implements the best image analysis algorithms for the detection of hidden information.

This software is developed in Java, allowing use in any operating system.

This tool was presented at the V Congreso Iberoamericano de Seguridad Informática CIBSI'09 (Montevideo, Uruguay) and the 7th International Workshop on Security in Information Systems WOSIS 2009 (Milan, Italy).

Level: Intermediate

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