A Hacker’s Live CD

Today penetration testing is becoming an important procedure for companies who want their network to be secure. For this reason more and more security consultants are looking for an operating system made for penetration testing. This is where Backtrack comes in handy.

Gained access to a Windows computer through the metasploit framework on Backtrack

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Backtrack is a Live CD based on Slackware. It is the result of the merger of WHAX and Auditor Security Linux which were both Live CDs made for computer security professionals. Therefore it’s no surprise that Backtrack has a huge collection with more than 300 security and forensics tools. Backtrack was made for security penetration testers and for that reason all the tools are organized according to the workflow of security professionals. The tight integration of these tools into the Live CD make hacking even easier, e.g. by entering one command you will get the latest milw0rm exploits which you could use for an attack. For more information take a look at the official Backtrack homepage.

You can download Backtrack here, it is really worth taking a look at. Tell me what think about it.