Live Linux BackTrack 2.0 Released

The gentlemen over at Remote-Exploit.org have released Backtrack 2.0. If you haven't had the chance to play with this distro, do yourself a favor and give it a try. Awesome.

I keep a copy of the ISO sitting on my pen-test laptop....ready to boot into a VM if needed. Since Backtrack is a SLAX derivative, you can also use MySlax Creator to modify the ISO and even create a bootable USB version of Backtrack. Very flexible.

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BackTrack is the most Top rated linux live distribution focused on penetration testing. With no installation whatsoever, the analysis platform is started directly from the CD-Rom and is fully accessible within minutes.It's evolved from the merge of the two wide spread distributions Whax and Auditor Security Collection. By joining forces and replacing these distribution the BackTrack could gain a massive popularity and was voted in 2006 as #1 at the surveil of insecure.org. Security professionals as well as new-comers are using it as their favorite toolset all over the globe.

New exciting features in BackTrack 2, to mention a few:

• Updated Kernel-Running 2.6.20, with several patches.
• Broadcom based wireless card support
• Most wireless drivers are built to support raw packet injection
• Metasploit2 and Metasploit3 framework integration
• Alignment to open standards and frameworks like ISSAF and OSSTMM
• Redesigned menu structure to assist the novice as well as the pro
• Japanese input support-reading and writing in Hiragana / Katakana / Kanji.