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Hive Five Winner for Best Live CD: Backtrack

nick — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:40:31 +0000

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

nick — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:57:01 +0000

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

nick — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:28:12 +0000

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

Protecting wireless networks

nick — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:16:47 +0000

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

Tons o’ Screenshots

nick — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 16:32:50 +0000

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

nick — Fri, 26 May 2006 20:40:25 +0000

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