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BackTrack

BackTrack

Last Update: Saturday 20 August 2011 08:05 GMT


BackTrack

BackTrack is an Ubuntu-based distribution with a collection of security and forensics tools. It was created by merging Auditor Security Linux with WHAX (formerly Whoppix).


BackTrack Summary
Distribution BackTrack (created by merging Auditor Security Linux with WHAX)
Home Page http://www.backtrack-linux.org/
Mailing Lists --
User Forums http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums
Documentation http://www.backtrack-linux.org/wiki/
http://www.backtrack-linux.org/tutorials/
Screenshots The Coding Studio
Download Mirrors http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/
Bug Tracker http://redmine.backtrack-linux.org:8080/projects/backtrack
Related Web Sites Offensive SecurityWikipediaBackTrack Indonesia
Reviews 5: ADMINUbuntu ManualLinux User
4: Dedoimedo
3: Br4v3-H34r7 (Arabic) • Linux.com
2: Linux.com
Auditor: Linux.comLWN
Where To Buy LinuxCD.orgOSDisc.com (sponsored links)

Recent Related News
 • 2011-08-23: Distribution Release: BackTrack 5 R1
 • 2011-05-10: Distribution Release: BackTrack 5
 • 2010-11-23: Distribution Release: BackTrack 4 R2
 • 2010-08-11: Distribution Release: BackTrack 4 R1
 • 2010-01-12: Distribution Release: BackTrack 4
 • 2009-06-20: Development Release: BackTrack 4 Pre-Final

 • More BackTrack news...
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BackTrack 4: Assuring Security by Penetration Testing

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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the 'nautilus' and 'gnome-shell' packages. As per the Apache project's recommendations, apache 1.3.x is referred to as 'apache', while apache 2.x is referred to as 'httpd'.
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature 5-R1 4-R2 3 2 1.0 200605 150405 081004 Feature
Release Date 2011/08/18 2010/11/22 2008/06/19 2007/03/06 2006/05/26 2005/06/22 2005/04/15 2004/08/10 Release Date
Price (US$) Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Free Price (US$)
CDs 1 DVD 1 DVD 1 1 1 1 1 1 CDs
Free Download ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO ISO Free Download
Installation Graphical Graphical -- -- -- -- -- -- Installation
Default Desktop GNOME, KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE KDE IceWM Default Desktop
Package Management DEB DEB TGZ TGZ TGZ DEB DEB DEB Package Management
Office Suite -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Office Suite
Processor Architecture i386, x86_64 i386 i486 i486 i486 i486 i486 i486 Processor Architecture
Journaled File Systems Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS Btrfs, ext3, ext4, JFS, ReiserFS, XFS ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3 ext3 Journaled File Systems
Multilingual                 Multilingual
Asian Language Support -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Asian Language Support
Package 5-R1 4-R2 3 2 1.0 200605 150405 081004 Package
abiword (2.8.6) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- abiword (2.8.6)
alsa-lib (1.0.25) 1.0.22 1.0.17a 1.0.14a -- 1.0.10 1.0.6 1.0.6 -- alsa-lib (1.0.25)
ati-driver (8.930) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- ati-driver (8.930)
banshee (2.2.1) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- banshee (2.2.1)
bash (4.2) 4.1 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.05b bash (4.2)
bind (9.8.1-P1) -- -- 9.4.1 9.3.2-P1 9.3.1 9.3.1 9.3.1 8.4.4 bind (9.8.1-P1)
chromium (r120773) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- chromium (r120773)
cups (1.5.2) 1.4.3 1.3.9 1.3.7 1.1.23 -- -- -- 1.1.21rc1 cups (1.5.2)
dhcp (4.2.3-P2) 3.1.3 3.1.1 3.0.6 -- 3.0.3 3.0.1 3.0.1 3.0.1rc11 dhcp (4.2.3-P2)
firefox (10.0) 5.0.1 3.0.15 2.0.0.10 1.5.0.7 1.5 1.0 1.0 -- firefox (10.0)
freetype (2.4.8) 2.3.11 2.3.7 2.3.4 2.2.1 -- 2.1.7 2.1.7 2.1.7 freetype (2.4.8)
gcc (4.6.2) 4.4.3 4.3.1 4.1.2 3.4.6 3.3.5 3.3.5 3.3.5 3.3.2 gcc (4.6.2)
gimp (2.6.12) -- -- -- -- -- 2.0.6 2.0.6 1.2.5 gimp (2.6.12)
glibc (2.14.1) 2.11.1 2.11.1 2.5 2.3.6 2.3.5 2.3.2 2.3.2 2.3.2 glibc (2.14.1)
gnome-shell (3.2.2.1) 2.28.1git -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnome-shell (3.2.2.1)
gnucash (2.4.9) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnucash (2.4.9)
gnumeric (1.10.17) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- gnumeric (1.10.17)
grub (1.99) 1.98 0.97 -- -- -- 0.95 0.95 -- grub (1.99)
gtk+ (3.2.3) 2.20.1 2.14.4 2.10.13 2.8.20 2.6.10 2.6.4 2.4.13 2.4.9 gtk+ (3.2.3)
httpd (2.2.22) 2.2.14 2.2.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- httpd (2.2.22)
inkscape (0.48.2) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- inkscape (0.48.2)
jre (7u2) -- 6u10 6u1 1.5.0 1.5.0 -- -- -- jre (7u2)
k3b (2.0.2) -- -- 1.0.2 0.12.15 0.12.8 0.11.17 0.11.17 -- k3b (2.0.2)
kdelibs (4.8.0) 4.5.3 3.5.10 3.5.7 3.5.4 3.5.0 3.3.1 3.3.1 -- kdelibs (4.8.0)
libgnome (2.32.1) 2.30.0 2.24.1 -- -- 2.6.1.1 2.8.0 2.8.0 2.6.1.2 libgnome (2.32.1)
libreoffice (3.4.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- libreoffice (3.4.5)
Package 5-R1 4-R2 3 2 1.0 200605 150405 081004 Package
linux (3.2.5) 2.6.39.4 2.6.35.8 2.6.21.5 2.6.20 2.6.15.6 2.6.11 2.6.9 2.6.7 linux (3.2.5)
lxde-common (0.5.5) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- lxde-common (0.5.5)
MesaLib (7.11.2) 7.7.1 7.2 6.5.2 -- -- 4.3.0 4.3.0 4.3.0 MesaLib (7.11.2)
module-init-tools (3.16) 3.11.1 3.3-pre11 3.2.2 3.2.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0-pre10 module-init-tools (3.16)
mysql (5.5.20) 5.1.41 5.0.67 5.0.37 5.0.24a 4.0.24 4.0.23 4.0.23 4.0.17 mysql (5.5.20)
nautilus (3.2.1) 2.31.1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- nautilus (3.2.1)
NVIDIA (290.10) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- NVIDIA (290.10)
openbox (3.5.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- openbox (3.5.0)
openssh (5.9p1) 5.3p1 5.1p1 5.0p1 4.4p1 4.2p1 3.8.1p1 3.8.1p1 3.6.1p2 openssh (5.9p1)
openssl (1.0.0g) 0.9.8k 0.9.8g 0.9.8e 0.9.8d 0.9.8a 0.9.7d 0.9.7d 0.9.7c openssl (1.0.0g)
perl (5.14.2) 5.10.1 5.10.0 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.8 5.8.4 5.8.4 5.8.3 perl (5.14.2)
php (5.3.10) 5.3.2 5.2.6 5.2.4 -- -- 4.3.10 4.3.10 4.3.3 php (5.3.10)
pidgin (2.10.1) -- -- -- -- 1.5.0 -- -- -- pidgin (2.10.1)
postfix (2.9.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- postfix (2.9.0)
postgresql (9.1.2) -- 8.3.8 8.2.4 8.1.4 8.1.3 -- -- -- postgresql (9.1.2)
Python (3.2.2) 2.7.1 2.5.2 2.5.1 2.4.3 2.4.1 2.3.4 2.3.4 2.3.3 Python (3.2.2)
qt (4.8.0) 4.7.0 3.3.8b 3.3.8 3.3.6 3.3.4 3.3.3 3.3.3 3.2.3 qt (4.8.0)
samba (3.6.3) 3.4.7 3.2.3 -- 3.0.23c 3.0.20 3.0.8 3.0.8 3.0.7 samba (3.6.3)
thunderbird (10.0) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- thunderbird (10.0)
udev (181) 151 124 111 097 064 -- -- -- udev (181)
vim (7.3) 7.2 7.1 -- -- 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.2 vim (7.3)
vlc (1.1.13) -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.8.1 -- vlc (1.1.13)
xfdesktop (4.8.3) -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xfdesktop (4.8.3)
xine-lib (1.2.1) 1.1.17 -- -- -- -- 1-rc7 1-rc7 -- xine-lib (1.2.1)
xorg-server (1.11.4) 1.7.6 1.5.2 1.3.0.0 (6.9.0) (6.9.0) -- -- -- xorg-server (1.11.4)
xz (5.0.3) 4.999.9 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- xz (5.0.3)


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