Last updated on : 2007-3-17 10:39:44
2007-03-07 Distribution Release: BackTrack 2.0
Remote-Exploit has announced the release of BackTrack 2.0, SLAX-based live CD with a comprehensive collection of security and forensics tools: "After many months of work, we’re finally happy enough with BackTrack to call it v.2.0 Final. New exciting features in BackTrack 2: updated kernel 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; re-designed menu structure to assist the novice as well as the professional; Japanese input support - reading and writing in Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji." Read this brief release announcement and visit the distribution’s product page for further information. Download: bt2final.iso (690MB, MD5). Also available via BitTorrent.
2006-05-26 Distribution Release: BackTrack 1.0
The first stable version of BackTrack, SLAX-based live CD with a collection of security and forensics tools, is out: "After hundreds of combined man hours, the Dev Team is proud to present our first ’final’ BackTrack release." From the changelog: "Updated Metasploit 2.6; updated pbnj; fixed LILO problem; added VNC vulnerability scanner; added ThinkPad ACPI kernel module; fixed Kimset menu text; fixed switch to scripts; fixed missing fontdirs; fixed console menu size; added revhosts; fixed SPE and Absinthe wx incompatibility; added radeontool; added DMitry." Here is the brief release announcement. Download: backtrack-v.1.0-260506.iso (658MB, MD5); also available via BitTorrent.
2006-02-05 Development Release: BackTrack 3.0 Beta
The first public release of BackTrack, a SLAX-based live CD with a collection of security and penetration testing tools, is now available: "Yes, it’s out there and its wild. Remote-Exploit would like to introduce BackTrack - the consolidation of the two leading penetration testing live CD distributions - WHAX and Auditor. The new distro features the best of both distributions, and lots of nifty features, including the latest tools and exploits, an appealing interface, accessibility, and rich Python development environment." Visit the project’s news page to find out more about the release. Download: backtrack-beta-05022006.iso (625MB, MD5).
2005-06-22 Distribution Release: Auditor Security Linux 200605
Auditor Security Linux is a Knoppix-based live CD with a large collection of security-related tools and utilities. Version 200605 was released today: "I am proud to announce the release of the new version of the Auditor Security Collection CD-ROM. We put in a lot of effort to bring it into that final look and feel as you can see in the Auditor development log. It seems to be the best version released ever. Not only because of its completeness, but also because it seems to be the most stable and bug-free version. You will see that in this version you have to choose between two different ISO versions. This has to be done because systems with an integrated Intel b/g chip based wireless card will not boot with the ipw2100 driver on the CD." Find more details in the release announcement and changelog. Download: auditor-200605-02-ipw2100.iso (635MB, MD5) or auditor-200605-02-no-ipw2100.iso (634MB, MD5).
2005-03-14 Distribution Release: Auditor Security Linux 120305
Auditor Security Linux is a KANOTIX-based live CD with a collection of tools for system auditing and forensic analysis. A new version was announced today: "The new version is finished and distributed already on some of the usual mirrors. First of all, it is a major rewrite. Switched over to Kanotix which is much nicer than regular Knoppix. I guess most of you are interested in the new bluetooth and wireless stuff: for the bluetooth section, you have all the needed tools for a proof of all known bluetooth attacks; in the wireless section you will find new versions of Cowpatty, File2air and aireplay as well as Wellenreiter and Kismet; new card types are supported now and a lot of fine-tuning was done." You can find much more information in the release announcement and changelog. Download: auditor-120305-01.iso.zip (659MB).
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