Today we will take a look at some of best Pen-test distributions out there.

Today we will take a look at some of best Pen-test distributions out there.

1) BackTrack: Backtrack is the most widely known pen-test distribution out there. The latest release (4 Beta) has been ported to Debian/Ubuntu from Slackware and now can be installed locally as a full distribution and tools can be updated using
Backtrack repositories. Backtrack includes more than 300+ security tools.
2) Knoppix STD: As the name suggeststhis distribution is based on Knoppix and STD stands for Security Tools Distribution . This distribution didn’t
get any update (like most pen-test distros) in a long time and might not work on some new hardwares but they have a fairly good collection of tools. xfce fluxbox is used for desktopenvironment.
3) nUbuntu: Based on Ubuntu and
fluxbox, nUbuntu is a fairly new and active pen-test distribution. They havepartnered with an Italian IT security company for future nUbuntu certification and training.
4) Network Security Toolkit: NST is a Fedora based Live distribution and
unlike some other pen-test distro NSTcan be used under virtual machine without any network configuration problems (from my experience). NST also have a unique Web User Interface to access tools and manage configurations.
5) PEENTO: A Gentoo based pen-test live cd (you could have guessed) that actually looks very nice. They are using Enlightenment for DE and has
quite a few unique pen-test tools including GPU based cracking software pyrit .