Useful utilities for the secure VM

Now that we have a VM that sits on an encrypted data store. We can install utilities that can make the our guest OS more secure.
Since I opted for XUbuntu as my guest OS I'll be using apt-get and ubuntu's package management system.

Ok first I think we need a secure way of deleting data. Since deleting data doesn't actually overwrite the data. We'll need something that does that. Two programs I use are wipe and scrub.

Now we need a way to browse the Internet. I prefer firefox but chrome/chromium is also a good choice. If you want to take to the next level I suggest using tor. Either install tor and a proxy server on the OS or get the tor bundle. The bundle include firefox with some addons that promote safe browsing.


Deletion
wipe
scrub

Internet Browsing
chrome/chromium
firefox
tor bundle

Email/Messaging
Thunderbird
pidgin
torchat
enigmail

aide
snort
apg
ntop
darkstat
nmap
openvpn
strongswan
ufw
firestarter
denyhost
fail2ban

disable root ssh login