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A note from the Developers
It's taken us almost 5 months to pull ourselves out of the beta stage. Every time we thought we were done, a new idea or improvement would surface, and we just *had* to implement it. Many features were added, and many of the old (yet persistent) bugs were fixed.
We honestly believe that BackTrack v 2.0 Final is the leanest, meanest and sexiest version to come out and hope that you enjoy using it as much as we did making it.
Wireless Attacks @ their best
- We included a bunch of new drivers into the latest release and were able to make the desired packet injection functionalities to a wider audience.
- By supporting the new ALFA USB hi-power devices, there is now a great USB wireless dongle available which allows us to connect an external antenna and use BackTrack to attack even on an Intel Macbook or VMware
- Broadcom 43xx based cards should be able to inject - a bit sloppy but should work.
- The following drivers are now on our CD:
- madwifi-ng (Patched for Injection)
- hostap (Patched for Injection)
- prism54 (Patched for Injection)
- bcm43xx (Patched for Injection)
- rtl8180 (Patched for Injection)
- rtl8187 (Patched for Injection)
- ipw2200 (Patched for Injection)
- rt2570 (ASPj's Drivers)
- rt2500 (Patched for Injection)
- rt61
- rt73
- ipw2100
- ipw3945
- acx100
- zd1211rw
Faster @ Work
- Most of our Main-menu entries have a grouping "All" menu, which allows the experienced user to quickly find a tool.
- Less experienced users are guided through the new menu structure to find the right tools for the right tasks.
Alignment to Open Standards and Frameworks
- Being superior while staying easy to use is key to a good security live cd. We took things a step further and aligned BackTrack to Penetration Testing Methodologies and Assessment Frameworks (ISSAF and OSSTMM). This will help our professional users during their daily reporting nightmares.
- The most obvious alignment can be seen in the menu structure and framework documentation that has been included into BackTrack.
- We suggest that you take your time to read the Frameworks, especially the ISSAF methodology guide.
- Unfortunately we were not able to include a newer OSSTMM paper because they did not release it to the public.
Cutting Edge Exploitation Framework & Information
- We put extra effort in integrating Metasploit Framework3 as well as the Stable Metasploit Framework2. Features such as db_autopwn, Wifi driver exploits etc are all functional.
- Default password lists and online resources have been added and updated.
Latest Tech
- Packages are now based on the Slax 6 LZM format, which allowed use to get more space and work in a more stable environment
- We are running on a tweaked Kernel 2.6.20
- Apple patches are applied
- Broad Wireless Card Support
- Lorcon Wifi / Metasploit integration
- Wireshark Wifi Frame Injection patch
- Japanese Input support
- Over 300 updated security tools
- New section related to VoIP
Community
- The public wiki project is available at backtrack.offensive-security.com. Please help us by providing entries in HCL (Hardware compatibility list)
- Meet us at irc.freenode.org #remote-exploit
Thank You
- We would like to thank every developer, tester and our users. Without you, BackTrack would simply not be what it is today, But most of all we like to thank our wifes and families who supported us with this creative endeavor.
Signing out,
M, M and M (aka the 3 mystical M's behind BackTrack)
In the very near future
- BackTrack 3 Development officially Begun !
- DVD release (with SMP / NoSMP kernels)
- 1 GB USB Stick release (with SMP / NoSMP kernels)
- Updated BTJTRMPI Cluster modules
- Bug fix Release
Known Issues
- After Burning ISO and then Booting from CD, Login of "root" and Password of "toor" does not work. Neither does "root", "root".
ANSWER: This happens when the CD is burned at a high speed, there's been a 100% success rate when users burn at a slow rate, 4 for example -ziplock
- NOT MySlax friendly
- Funky Hostap - see walkaround here.
-muts
