Monday, October 25, 2010

Backtrack R1

The guys at Offensive Security have yet surprised us with another security leap right before
the year ends. Backtrack R1 With over 6 months of production and joint work with blackhat, have put together once again some
of the best security tool and updates there be. Below is the update log:

* A New kernel (2.6.34)
* Massively improved hardware support
* Support for new wireless drivers
* Official FluxBox Support
* A battery of new tools added
* Some additional surprises

For those of you who are hearing backtrack for the first time. BackTrack is a Linux-based penetration
testing arsenal that aids security professionals in the ability to perform assessments in a purely
native environment dedicated to hacking. Regardless if you’re making BackTrack your primary operating
system, booting from a LiveDVD, or using your favorite thumbdrive, BackTrack has been customized down
to every package, kernel configuration, script and patch solely for the purpose of the penetration tester

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