Gray Hat Hacking, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

Chapter 5. Using the BackTrack LiveCD Linux Distribution

This chapter will show you how to get and use BackTrack, a Slackware Linux distribution that comes fully configured and packed with useful penetration testing tools.

• BackTrack: the big picture

• Creating the BackTrack CD

• Booting BackTrack

• Exploring the BackTrack X-windows environment

• Writing BackTrack to a USB memory stick

• Saving your BackTrack configuration changes

  • Creating a directory-based or file-based module with dir2lzm

  • Creating a module from a SLAX prebuilt module with mo2lzm

  • Creating a module from an entire session of changes using dir2lzm

  • Automating the change preservation from one session to the next

  • “Cheat codes” and selectively loading modules

• Metasploit db_autopwn

• Tools