{"id":2791,"date":"2010-08-03T11:32:07","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T10:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/?p=2791"},"modified":"2015-09-09T19:37:27","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T11:37:27","slug":"weaknet-linux-penetration-testing-forensic-analysis-linux-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2010\/08\/weaknet-linux-penetration-testing-forensic-analysis-linux-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"Weaknet Linux – Penetration Testing & Forensic Analysis Linux Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WeakNet Linux is designed primarily for penetration testing, forensic analysis and other security tasks. WeakNet Linux IV was built from Ubuntu 9.10 which is a Debian based distro. All references to Ubuntu have been removed as the author completely re-compiled the kernel, removed all Ubuntu specific software which would cause the ISO to bloat, and used a non-Ubuntu-traditional Window Manager, with no DM. To start X11 (Fluxbox) simply type \u201cstartx\u201d at the command line as root.<\/p>\n

The tools selected are those that the developer feels are used most often in pen-tests. A sample of those included are:<\/p>\n