Pentoo LiveCD 2005.1 review

Pentoo is a Linux LiveCD, it means that you can boot a linux environment on any x86 based PC. It is like KNOPPIX except that Pent

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Pentoo is a Linux LiveCD, it means that you can boot a linux environment on any x86 based PC.

It is like KNOPPIX except that Pentoo is based on the Gentoo distribution and is oriented penetration testing. You can view the list of all available tools here .

Well, I know there is already many liveCD that provide penetration testing and so on, but they don't suit my needs. In fact, during a pen-test lab, I found the other LiveCD so slow...

I like Gnome and Gentoo so I decided to make my own distro and there it is.

Here are some key features of "Pentoo LiveCD":
Nessus, Metasploit and Fingerprints db upgradable ! You can put them in RAM or on a usb stick.
You can save the root directory to a usbstick and backup all your preferences, etc.
It is faster : based on the Gentoo distribution, all the code as been optimized. I choosed to optimize the code for pentium3 cpu as I think that intel based cpu are more used than AMD's ones. Of course, this will not break the compatibility with AMD proc, it will just run faster on pentium-3 or 4 CPUs.

Analyser : Dsniff, Ethereal, Ettercap, Ntop, ...
Bluetooth : BlueSniff, Redfang, ...
Cracker / Bruteforce : Hydra, Ldapenum, John the ripper, chntpw, ...
Fingerprinter : Amap, xprobe, smtpmap, p0f2, ...
Forging / Spoofing : Arpspoof, Hunt, Packit, ...
Pen-Test / MITM : Metasploit, Raccess, Cisco-Torch, WebMitm, ...
Proxy : HttPush, Paros Proxy, ...
Scanner : Nessus, Nmap, Nikto, Cheops, ...
Wireless : Kismet, Airsnort, Wellenreiter, ...

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