Comments on: BackTrack Live Hacking CD BETA 3 Released

By: robo

robo — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:05:24 +0000

he guys.. new to linux..ish..
was wondering.. ( sorry to ask lame Q’s) but
has BT got ALL the software i need to test to see if i can access secure wifi connections ?
and is there a how to, for the software incorporated in BT3 ?
thanks guys

By: plushNbl0@t3d

plushNbl0@t3d — Sat, 24 May 2008 07:01:02 +0000

I’m fairly new to pentest. I’ve played a little with BT2, BT3 iso, and BT3 usb. If you plan on using as a live disk and not installing, I recommend USB. For logical reasons the live usb distro runs faster, because your not getting info from an optical drive. BT2 doesn’t come stock with usb drivers for my hardware, both BT3 iso and usb do. bt2 doesn’t come stock with drivers for the wireless card in my laptop, bt3 does. For someone new to linux i recommend bt2, because it will force you to learn how to configure/install many things that normal windows users have automated for them. bt2 was my first real intro to linux. having learned how to get my wirless card up i am now hooked. I love a good challenge

By: Kevins

Kevins — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:44:55 +0000

Use VMWare / Microsoft Virtual PC to install / run Backtrack.. While even if you run directly on to you PC while booting from the CD -ROM it won’t get installed as it is a Live-CD…

for installing it on your hard drive or Virtual Machine.. use the link below.. or try googling up…

http://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php?title=Howto:Install_GUI

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:37:37 +0000

Hi guys,

wonder if anyone can help me. iv got the iso @ 701mb.Im using vista on my laptop and i really want to be able to use this software. Do i need any external software such as VMware or can i just burn to CD and it will run. i dont really wanna have to have a dual boot set up. Im new to this software but heard raving reviews.

Please help guys. Or email me at Kenealy_inc_@hotmail.com

cheers

Andy

By: macdaddy

macdaddy — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:52:47 +0000

am downloading, but after looking into the other comments, doesnt look like such a good idea anymore …

By: fever

fever — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:34:16 +0000

got it, love it, would recommend it to everyone.

By: Pantagruel

Pantagruel — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:20:16 +0000

@Fast|Track

Thanks for the info, but I guess the majority of us will use BT (be it 2 or 3beta) as a live distro (read above USB/CD/DVD/whatever bootable medium) and hopefully will not use BT as a real life OS (I for one would not and consequently use the live CD.
I know this doesn’t resolve the insecure kernel, but will reduce the risk (have yet to come across another actively trying to get into my box while I am scanning through the network with BT)

By: Fast|Track

Fast|Track — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:23:29 +0000

None of you appear to have picked up on some facts about BT3 so I’ll be the first one to share them with the community. BT2 Final is still full of Bug’s! Not to mention the hidden directory called secret-cookie.

BT3 is running an insecure kernel its been over 3 months and their has been no mention or warning about it to a single member on their board that the current kernel being distributed has actually been hacked over a month ago, so yeap you heard that right their all running an insecure copy and this is being distributed by a site that makes security its priority!

By: eM3rC

eM3rC — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:47:29 +0000

Backtrack and Metasploit are the two best hacking distros out there (in my opinion).

Downloading now!

By: d347hm4n

d347hm4n — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:09:15 +0000

I took this straight from their site.

http://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php/Main_Page

A few updates about the upcoming release:

* We will be releasing a ~ 1 GB USB / DVD image, as well as a stripped down 700 MB iso.
* Dual core issues have been fixed (mostly due to the new kernel - 2.6.15.5).
* Wireless card compatibility has maximised, and injection patches applied wherever possible.
* Xorg configuration scripts have been improved.
* Updated exploit repositories, updated metasploit exploit framework and dependencies.
* PXE network boot feature finally added (USB Version)
* PwnSauce Instant John the Ripper Cluster feature finally added (USB version)
* Compiz with ATI/Intel Drivers (USB version) get the Nvidia drivers here
* Get BT3 Kernel Sources
* More updates coming soon