BackTrack

One of the linux distro that was originally a derivative of Slackware.Backtrack is a merger of whax and auditors security collection. CurrentlyBackTrack Debian based. Backtrack to be an excellent tool for those whowant to learn hacking techniques and network security. Backtrack can be taken independently of

Backtrack two was released on 6 March 2007 which include more than 300security tools while the beta version of backtrack 3 was released on 14December 2007 that on this third release is more focused on hardwaresupport. While the version of backtrack 3 was released on 19 June 2008 onbacktrack 3 versions of this saint and maltego enter nessus while notincorporated and remained on the kernel version 2.6.21.5. in BackTrack 4 Final today offers the latest linux kernel 2.6.30.4 kernel. Also equipped withwireless drivers patched for wireless injection to combat attacks (wirelessinjection attacks)

history backtrack

Created by Mati Aharoni Backtrack is a security consultant from Israel and the max Mosser be a community collaboration, backtrack itself a merger ofthis whax whax which is one of the linux distro that is used to test the security of the origin of whax itself from knoppix. When knoppix peak at version 3.0 it is called with whax. With whax securtity we can test from a variety ofnetworks everywhere.

Max Mosser is an auditor security collection menghususkan him to penetrate the security at linux, a combination of these whax own auditors and 300 resulting in a tool that is used for testing network security. Auditorsecurity collection is also available on knoppix.

Backtrack feature

Features of the backtrack: Among some of the tools contained in thebacktrack:

-Metasploit integration

-Rfmon wireless drivers

-Kismet

-AutoScan-Network - AutoScan-Network is a network Discovering andmanaging application

-Nmap

-Ettercap

-Wireshark (formerly known as Ethereal)

-Enumeration

-exploit Archives

-scanners

-password Attacks

-Fuzzers

-spoofing

-sniffers

-tunneling

-Wireless Tools

-Bluetooth

-Cisco Tools

-database Tools

-Forensic Tools

-BackTrack Services

-Reversing

-misc

-But in addition to backtrack network tools include mozilla, pidgin, k3b,xmms etc..

release of Backtrack

-26-05-2006 backtrack first release which is a non-beta version 1.0

-13-10-2006 to backtrack 2 beta first public release

-19-11-2006 backtrack 2 second beta release to the public in

-06-03-2007 backtrack 2 final released

-17-12-2007 backtrack 3 beta first released

-19-03-2008 backtrack 3 final was released

-11-02-2009 BackTrack 4 first beta release (Backtrack is now based onDebian)

-19-06-2009 BackTrack 4 pre-final release.

-09-01-2010 BackTrack 4 final release.

-Backtrack 4 R1 release 05-08-2010

-10-05-2011 BackTrack 5 Released

source : opensource