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BackTrack, a new Pen-Test LiveCD

By Christopher
Created 2006-02-23 23:31

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I just happened to notice that BackTrack 3.0 Beta [1] has been released [2].  BackTrack is an amalgamation of two previous projects; WHAX and Auditor [3].  This CD is full of useful tools [4] for conducting penetration tests.  New features include a python development environment, updatable exploit archives for milw0rm [5] and Securityfocus [6], one-click setup for Nessus and Snort, and the inclusion of the free VMWare Player.

I havn't had a lot of time to experiment with it, but I did find that the current beta seems to have poor WiFi support.  They do mention WiFi scripts and drivers on their to-do list [7].
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Links:
[1] http://iwhax.net/index.php/BackTrack
[2] http://iwhax.net/index.php/BackTrack_Downloads
[3] http://www.remote-exploit.org/index.php/Auditor_main
[4] http://iwhax.net/index.php/BackTrack_Tools
[5] http://www.milw0rm.com/
[6] http://www.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities
[7] http://remote-exploit.org/index.php/BackTrack_todo