unpackedbacktrack4

COMGTBackTrack4in30MinutesDesktopVirtualizationBy:JohanSarkinenArea:IT-InformationTechnologyOpenInformationFeb2011-02-16Page1of2(C)2010-2011COMGTLLCwww.
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DownloadhypervisorWindows:VMwarePlayer(free),www.
vmware.
com/go/downloadplayer2MacOSX:VMwareFusion(trial),http://www.
vmware.
com/products/fusion/3<1min2.
Installhypervisor(rebootrequiredonWindows;norebootonMac)2min3.
DownloadBackTrack4R2ReleaseVMwareImageBackTrack4R2fromhttp://www.
backtrack-linux.
org/downloads/Ver.
22.
11.
2010isabigdownload,~2400MiB(abouthalfthesizeofaR/RWDVD)14min4.
Unpackthedownloadedbt4-r2-vm.
tar.
bz2file.
Thistakestimeasabigarchive.
OnWindowsyouprobably(unlessdoneearlier)alsoneedtogetsometooltounpackbz2archivefiles(e.
g.
WinRAR,http://www.
win-rar.
com/,shareware).
(MacOSXalreadyhasapplicationforunpacking,ArchiveUtility.
app)10min5.
NavigatetounpackedfilesandopentheBT4R2.
vmxfile(VMconfigurationfile).
<1min6.
YounowhavethefullpowerofBackTrackavailableatyourfingertips!
28minFigure1:BackTrack4Release2(BT4R2)1Downloadtimesbasedona24Mbpsconnection.
Witha3Mbpsconnection,expectdownloadingBTtotakeuptowardstwohours.
2(Registrationrequired)Version3.
1.
3for32-bitand64-bitWindows,105MiB3(Registrationrequired)Version3.
1.
2forIntel-basedMacs,152MiB;30-daytrialCOMGT1UsingBackTrackFeb2011-02-16Page2of2BackTrack4in30Minutes|DesktopVirtualization|OpenInformation(C)2010-2011COMGTLLCwww.
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cominfo@comgt.
comEuropeanPartner1UsingBackTrackBackTrackstartsincommandlineinterface(CLI)butdon'tworry–youdon'thavetospendanytimeinthis,unlessyouwantto.
1.
Loginusingusernamerootandpasswordtoor.
2.
Startthegraphicaluserinterface(GUI)bythestartxcommand(typestartxandpressreturn).
TheGUIenvironmentisaseasy-to-useasbothMacOSXandWindowsenvironmentswiththe–forWindowsusers–familiarStart-menuatlowerrightcorner.
(Figure1)Toenablenetworking(BTdefaultisstealth-mode,nonetworking),inaterminal(onemethod):$ifconfigeth0up$dhclienteth02BackTrack,HuhForthenon-initiated,BackTrackisawell-knownsoftwaredistributionwithlotsoftoolsforinformationsecurityand(some)digitalforensics.
Thehomepage-http://www.
backtrack-linux.
org/-hasquitedecentdocumentationonhowtousethemultitudeofapplications.
Thelistofincludedsoftwareiscomprehensiveandthebelowissimplyanoverviewofthecategories:InformationGatheringàArchiveàDNSàRouteàSeachengineàDradisClient,DradisServer,PatervaMaltegoCENetworkMappingàoIdentifyLiveHostsàoOS-FingerprintingàoPortscanningàoServiceFingerprinteràoVPNàVulnerabilityIdentificationàoCiscoàoFuzzersàoOpenVasàoSMPAnalysisàoSNMPAnalysisWebApplicationAnalysisàoDatabase(backend)à§MSSQLà§MYSQLà§OracleàoWeb(frontend)àRadioNetworkAnalysisào80211à§Crackingà§Miscà§SpoofingàoBluetoothàoRFIDà§RFIDIOtACGà§RFIDIOtFroschà§RFIDIOtPCSCàPenetrationàoExploitDBàoFastTrackàoIngumaàoMetasploitExploitationFrameworkà§FrameworkVersion2à§FrameworkVersion3àoSocialEngineeringToolkitàoSapytoPrivilegeEscalationàoPasswordAttacksà§OfflineAttacksà§OnlineAttacksà§ChntpwoSniffersàoSpoofingàMaintainingAccessàoBackdoorsandRootkitsàoTunnelingàDigitalForensicsàoAntiForensicsàoFileCarvingàoForensicAnalysisàoImageAcquiringàReverseEngineeringàVoiceOverIPàoVoIPAnalysisàSignalingàMiscellaneousàThisisanextractfromamorecomprehensiveguideintodesktopvirtualization.