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SearchOpenSource: BackTrack: The Gotta-Have Free Security Tool You’ve Never Heard Of

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 29, 2006

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“I often write about all the excellent tools for testing the
security of Windows systems. There are excellent freeware, open
source and commercial tools that all run on the Windows OS. They
are, for the most part, easy to use and can ferret out a lot of
security vulnerabilities that would be next to impossible to find
otherwise. One tool that I haven’t written much about–and based on
my informal research, one that most Windows administrators haven’t
heard of–is a tool called BackTrack.

“BackTrack is actually an entire Slackware Linux-based operating
system with a suite of security tools that even the most die-hard
Windows-o-files can appreciate and benefit from…”


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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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