Hi Guys n Gals,
1st post and let me start by saying what a great site,a huge resource to satisfy my technolust.
I'm gradually making my way through the forums posts and i'm well aware that google is my friend but i'd like to get advice and feedback from all of you on the above subject.
My 1st hurdle is what's the best set up in terms of live cd vs dual boot vs virtual machine?.
I'd like to go down the dual boot route just for the slight boost of the os been on a hard drive as opposed to reading from a cd.
My worry here is event logging , if say i'm dual booting windows & backtrack , when i'm in backtrack is windows logging all my activity? or indeed is backtrack logging my activity or is it designed not too ?.
Too err on the side of caution i'm currently booting backtrack from live cd and removing my hard drive in the hope no logs are being stored but it's a pain doing this everytime i swap os.
If backtrack does log my activities would bleachbit be sufficient to delete these logs or would i have to delve deeper into the system to find and erase all traces of my activities? and where would i look?.
Another area where i'm uncertain is mac address , i have a mac address associated with my laptop yes? and my wifi adapter has a mac , so do i have to change both mac addresses? and would it also be necessary to fake my ip address?.
So this is the area where i'd appreciate your feedback as to how you get around these issue's and protect yourselfs.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and for any feedback or advice your willing to share.
Look forward to reading them.
