History:
The BackTrack allotment originated from the
integration of two formerly competing allotment
which focused on piercing testing:
WHAX: a Slax-based Linux distribution developed by
Mati Aharoni, a security consultant. Earlier versions
of WHAX were called Whoppix[6] and were based on
Knoppix.
Auditor Security Collection: a Live CD based on
Knoppix developed by Max Moser which included over
300 supplies organized in a user-friendly hierarchy.
The overlap with Auditor and WHAX in intention and
in their collection of tools partly led to the merger.
Tools:
BackTrack provided users with easy access to a
comprehensive and large mixture of security-related
gear ranging from port scanners to Security Audit.
Support for Live CD and Live USB appropriateness
allowed exploiter to boot BackTrack directly from
portable media without requiring installation, though
permanent installation to hard disk and network was
also an option.
BackTrack included dozens well known security tools
including:
Metasploit for integration
Wi-Fi drivers fostering monitor manner (rfmon
mode) and packet injection
Aircrack-ng
Gerix Wifi Cracker
Kismet
Nmap
Ophcrack
Ettercap
Wireshark (formerly known as Ethereal)
BeEF (Browser Exploitation Framework)
Hydra
OWASP Mantra Security Framework, a collection of
hacking tools, add-ons and manuscript based on
Firefox
Cisco OCS Mass Scanner, a very reliable and fast
scanner for Cisco routers with telnet and enabling of
a default password.
A large assortment of exploits as well as more
commonplace software such as browsers.
BackTrack arranged clothes into 12 categories:
Information gathering
Vulnerability assessment
Exploitation tools
Privilege escalation
Maintaining access
Reverse engineering
RFID tools
Stress testing
Forensics
Reporting tools
Services
Miscellaneous
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