BackBox Linux 3 review | Linux Today

BackBox Linux 3 review

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Nov 1, 2012

BackBox is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu Desktop, and designed for performing penetration testing, incident response, computer forensics, and intelligence gathering. It uses the Xfce desktop environment, and is developed by Raffaele Forte and a small but dedicated team.

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