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Things To Know About Backtrack Distribution

There are several organizations that have worked tirelessly to create various security based Linux Distribution . Among the most well known Penetration Testing distribution is known as "  BACKTRACK   ". Backtrack is not new now . For  a hacker a Backtrack Linux is like a dream come true . Whole distribution comes preloaded with hundreds of security tools that are already installed . The Best thing about the Backtrack is : Its  FREE ! Download Link  :  http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/ Point to be Remember  1 :  When you  run your Backtrack DVD , shortly after system will presented the menu list . you need to be carefully review this list , its contains several different options . If you have some trouble getting Backtrack to boot , then choose   Backtrack Debug - Safe Mode  If you want to run the system memory test then select  Backtrack Memtest - Run memtest If you just wanna start Backtrack Live then Choose  Back...

How To Install Backtrack In Your System

Backtrack is Linux Based Penetration Testing Operating system which provides many inbuilt tools which are used for vulnerability assessment, exploitation and penetration testing.   Frist Of all Boot your Backtrack From CD/DVD. Then select option for Default Text Mode. Now Let It load First. After that follow following tutorial: Lets start with first snapshot i.e  Installing of Backtrack . Step   1 :Click On Backtrack Icon. Step 2  : Click On Forward Button Step   3 :Select your Time Zone and press Forward button. Step 4 : Keyboard Layout: Select your layout and press Forward Button. Step 5  :  Now here you have 2 options  Erase and use the entire disk  : If you use this option it will delete your entire disk and installed  Backtrack on your harddisk  . Specify partitions manually (advanced) :  If you opt this option then you have to create partition on harddisk .  Lets start from 1st Process  : Erase and use the entir...

How to use TheHarvester on Backtrack 5 [Tutorial]

What is theharvester ? What should we know to use it ? How can I access to theharvester directory ? What is theharvester theharvester  is the Information Gathering Tool which is already present in the Backtrack 5 . What should we know to use it  To use  theharvester  we must know about the Linux ,today i want you people use linux commands. Here we use some common commands like : cd      :- Used to changing the directory . cd ..   :- Used to come back one step. ls       :-Used to listing the files and directories without showing permissions. ls -l    :-Used to listing files and directories with permissions. How can I access to theharvester directory  To access theharvester directory Firstly open  Konsole > Type  ls :  It shows all the files on the directory Type  cd ..  : This command  takes you back to the root directory . Type  ls  : Now you can see all b...

Nmap Scanning on Backtrack 5 [Detailed Tutorial]

Nmap is a program that scans all of the ports in your computer and check it  whether they are open or not. So lets start the scanning process in Backtrack 5 Environment. Ping Scan  Range Scan  Stealth Scan (-sS)  OS SCAN : It showed us which Operating system is running by               the host. TCP SCAN  :  This scan will show all the open tcp ports .  ADVANTAGES : Speed Free to use  Don't need priviledges DISADVANTAGES Easily Detectable and Filterable . FIN SCAN  NULL SCAN UDP SCAN In udp scanning we use udp scan instead of tcp scan . Protocol Scan -sO <Target Ip > IP PROTOCOL SCAN  This Scan is used to find the ip protocols in use . ACK (Acknowledgement Scan)