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May 30, 2006 | Comments: (0)
BackTrack Linux Live distro v.1.0 released
BackTrack is one of the newest and best Linux Live distros for penetration testers.
http://www.remote-exploit.org/index.php/Main_Page
It is replacing Whax and the Auditor distros. Comes with dozens of pre-installed penetration testing and hacking utilities.
You can install it on a Windows desktop easily. Just download the ISO image, download VMPlayer (www.vmplayer)http://www.vmware.com/download/player/, and modify the image to start up on the ISO instead of a virtual disk.
Helpful first time notes:
BackTrack might not come up with the menu and dhcp is disabled by default. To start the GUI menu type in Startx. To start the dhcp client daemon type in dhcpcd.
Posted by Roger Grimes on May 30, 2006 12:39 PM
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