Tuesday, March 20, 2007

BackTrack (version 2)

The 2nd release of BackTrack is out. Anyone feel like doing a little penetration testing on their home networks?

Remote-Exploit.org - Supplying offensive security products to the world: "BackTrack is the most Top rated linux live distribution focused on penetration testing. With no installation whatsoever, the analysis platform is started directly from the CD-Rom and is fully accessible within minutes."

In addition, Darknet.org has a "top 10 Security LiveCD distros". On the list:

1. BackTrack
2. Operator
3. PHLAK
4. Auditor
5. L.A.S Linux
6. Knoppix-STD
7. Helix
8. F.I.R.E
9. nUbuntu
10.INSERT Rescue Security Toolkit

As always, for more information on a specific distribution, make sure to check out DistroWatch.org

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