backtrack

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 distributions, BackTrack has gained massive
popularity and was voted in 2006 as the #1 Security Live Distribution
by insecure.org.
Security professionals as well as new comers are using BackTrack as
their favorite toolset all over the globe.




BackTrack has a long history and was based on many different linux
distributions until it is now based on a Slackware linux distribution
and the corresponding live-CD scripts by Tomas M. (www.slax.org) .
Every package, kernel configuration and script is optimized to be used by
security penetration testers. Patches and automation have been added, applied
or developed to provide a neat and ready-to-go environment.



After coming into a stable development procedure during the last
releases and consolidating feedbacks and addition, the team was focused to
support more and newer hardware as well as provide more flexibility and
modularity by restructuring the build and maintenance processes. With the current
version, most applications are built as individual modules which help
to speed up the maintenance releases and fixes.



Because Metasploit is one of the key tools for most analysts it is tightly
integrated into BackTrack and both projects collaborate together to
always provide an on-the-edge implementation of Metasploit within the
BackTrack CD-Rom images or the upcoming remote-exploit.org distributed and
maintained virtualization images (like VMWare images appliances).



Being superior while staying easy to use is key to a good security
live cd. We took things a step further and aligned BackTrack to penetration
testing methodologies and assessment frameworks (ISSAF and OSSTMM). This will
help our professional users during their daily reporting nightmares.




Currently BackTrack consists of more than 300 different up-to-date
tools which are logically structured according to the work flow of security
professionals. This structure allows even newcomers to find the
related tools to a certain task to be accomplished. New technologies and
testing techniques are merged into BackTrack as soon as possible to keep it
up-to-date.



No other commercial or freely available analysis platform offers an
equivalent level of usability with automatic configuration and focus
on penetration testing