Backtrack 5

BackTrack
4
–
The
Definitive
Guide

Introduction ..............................................................................................................................2
 Behind
the
curtains.................................................................................................................2
 BackTrack
Base................................................................................................................................. 2
 BackTrack
Kernel............................................................................................................................. 2
 Packages
and
Repositories............................................................................................................ 3
Meta
packages.................................................................................................................................... 4
 Meta
Meta
Packages......................................................................................................................... 4
 Up
and
running
with
BackTrack.................................................................................................. 4
Installing
BackTrack
to
Disk................................................................................................5
 Updating
Backtrack ................................................................................................................5
 Customizing
BackTrack.........................................................................................................6
Creating
your
own
Live
CD
–
Method
1...................................................................................... 6
 Creating
your
own
Live
CD
–
Method
2...................................................................................... 6
 Installing
BackTrack
to
USB.......................................................................................................... 6
 Installing
BackTrack
to
USB

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Persistent
changes................................................................ 6
 Working
with
BackTrack ......................................................................................................7
 KDE3
Quirks ....................................................................................................................................... 7
 Updating
tools
manually................................................................................................................ 7
 FAQs ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
 Outro ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
 
 
 
 
This
document
is
a
work
in
progress.

 It
is
a
quick
attempt
to
cover
the
most
commonly
asked
questions
about
BackTrack,
 in
one
place.
Check
on
this
page
frequently
for
updates.


Introduction

BackTrack
 is
 the
 world’s
 leading
 penetration
 testing
 and
 information
 security
 auditing
distribution.

With
hundreds
of
tools
preinstalled
and
configured
to
run
out
 of
 the
 box,
 BackTrack
 4
 provides
 a
solid
 Penetration
 testing
 platform
 
 ‐
 from
 Web
 application
Hacking
to
RFID
auditing
–
its
all
working
in
once
place.


Behind
the
curtains

BackTrack
Base

There
 have
 been
 many
 changes
 introduced
 into
 BackTrack
 4
 ‐
 most
 notably,
 our
 move
to
an
Ubuntu
Intrepid
base.
We
now
maintain
our
own
full
repositories
with
modified
Ubuntu
packages
in
addition
to
our
own
penetration
testing
tools.

 Another
significant
change
is
the
updated
kernel
version,
currently
at
2.6.29.4.
This
 new
 kernel
 brought
 an
 onset
 of
 internal
 changes,
 which
 have
 greatly
 changed
 the
 structure
of
BackTrack.


BackTrack
Kernel

We
no
longer
use
lzma
enabled
squashfs
as
our
live
filesystem,
which
on
one
hand
 results
 in
 larger
 ISO
 size,
 but
 on
 the
...