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Introduction to Backtrack 5

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 6, 2011

[ Thanks to linuxaria for this link. ]

The 10th of may the backtrack team released version
number 5 (codename “revolution”) of their penetration tool. Yes
backtrack it’s a live Linux Distribution made with this goal, be
the best penetration and learning tool around.

It’s Based on Ubuntu Lucid LTS (10.04). Kernel 2.6.38, patched
with all relevant wireless injection patches. Fully open source and
GPL compliant. In this release you can choose to have Gnome or KDE
and install it on 32 or 64 bit computer. The former release
supported only 32 bit installation.


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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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