GNUman: PHLAK Penetration Testing Live CD Distro | Linux Today

GNUman: PHLAK Penetration Testing Live CD Distro

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 21, 2005

“PHLAK (the Professional Hackers Linux Assault Kit) is a Live CD
distro, which means it runs straight from the cd, with no need to
install to hard disk. It is a distro tailored for penetration
testing, with some nice features to make it a productive
platform.

“Rather than the mainstream KDE or Gnome desktop managers, PHLAK
comes with 3 window managers, XFCE Fluxbox and vwm95. XFCE is the
default, being probably the nicest but also the heaviest of the
three. Fluxbox is a much lighter window manager, allowing you to
use PHLAK on older hardware effectively. The vwm95 desktop looks at
first glance like a windows XP desktop, and may help to disguise
the fact that you are using a live-cd distro if you are using it in
an office or public setting…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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