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Hive Five Winner for Best Live CD: Backtrack

Posted on February 26, 2009

The winner to LifeHacker's Best Live CD poll is the excellent security focused Backtrack.

Lifehacker readers apparently love a live CD that is all work and no play. Backtrack, a security-oriented live CD packed with useful tools, took home the crown for top live CD.

BackTrack 2 security live CD

Posted on April 24, 2007

Linux.com reviews BackTrack 2.

BackTrack is a live CD Linux distribution that focuses on penetration testing. A merger of two older security-related distros -- Whax and Auditor Security Collection -- BackTrack bundles more than 300 security tools.

BackTrack 2.0 Beta

Posted on November 1, 2006

The BackTrack security LiveCD has released a download link for the beta of version 2.0.

Protecting wireless networks

Posted on September 5, 2006

ComputerWeekly.com mentions BackTrack as a quick way to run Kismet in their article on wireless security tools.

Tons o’ Screenshots

Posted on June 2, 2006

OSDir has recently posted many screenshots of new releases, here they are:

Notice the installer icons on the desktops of all the *buntu screenshots.

BackTrack 1.0 Final Released

Posted on May 26, 2006

The long awaited final release of BackTrack, the combination of WHAX (Whoppix) and Auditor, is out and available for download.