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The document discusses the security tools included in the BackTrack operating system. It provided users easy access to a large collection of security tools ranging from port scanners to security audits. It included many well known tools like Metasploit, Aircrack-ng, Wireshark, Hydra and more. The tools were organized into 12 categories including information gathering, vulnerability assessment, exploitation, forensics and more.

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TOOLS

The document discusses the security tools included in the BackTrack operating system. It provided users easy access to a large collection of security tools ranging from port scanners to security audits. It included many well known tools like Metasploit, Aircrack-ng, Wireshark, Hydra and more. The tools were organized into 12 categories including information gathering, vulnerability assessment, exploitation, forensics and more.

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Tools

BackTrack provided users with easy access to a comprehensive and large collection of security-related tools
ranging from port scanners to Security Audit. Support for Live CD and Live USB functionality allowed users to
boot BackTrack directly from portable media without requiring installation, though permanent installation to
hard
disk and network was also an option.

BackTrack included many well known security tools including:

Metasploit for integration


Wi-Fi drivers supporting monitor mode (rfmon mode) and packet injection
Aircrack-ng
Gerix Wifi Cracker
Kismet
Nmap
Ophcrack
Ettercap
Wireshark (formerly known as Ethereal)
BeEF (Browser Exploitation Framework)
Hydra
OWASP Mantra Security Framework, a collection of hacking tools, add-ons and scripts based on Firefox
Cisco OCS Mass Scanner, a very reliable and fast scanner for Cisco routers with telnet and enabling of a
default password.
A large collection of exploits as well as more commonplace software such as browsers.

BackTrack arranged tools into 12 categories:

Information gathering
Vulnerability assessment
Exploitation tools
Privilege escalation
Maintaining access
Reverse engineering
RFID tools
Stress testing
Forensics
Reporting tools
Services
Miscellaneous

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