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BackTrack4–TheDefinitiveGuide
Introduction..............................................................................................................................2
Behindthecurtains.................................................................................................................2
BackTrackBase.................................................................................................................................2
BackTrackKernel.............................................................................................................................2
PackagesandRepositories............................................................................................................3
Metapackages....................................................................................................................................4
MetaMetaPackages.........................................................................................................................4
UpandrunningwithBackTrack..................................................................................................4
InstallingBackTracktoDisk................................................................................................5
UpdatingBacktrack................................................................................................................5
CustomizingBackTrack.........................................................................................................6
CreatingyourownLiveCD–Method1......................................................................................6
CreatingyourownLiveCD–Method2......................................................................................6
InstallingBackTracktoUSB..........................................................................................................6
InstallingBackTracktoUSB-Persistentchanges................................................................6
WorkingwithBackTrack......................................................................................................7
KDE3Quirks.......................................................................................................................................7
Updatingtoolsmanually................................................................................................................7
FAQs......................................................................................................................................................7
Outro.....................................................................................................................................................8
Thisdocumentisaworkinprogress.ItisaquickattempttocoverthemostcommonlyaskedquestionsaboutBackTrack,inoneplace.Checkonthispagefrequentlyforupdates.
 
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Introduction
BackTrackistheworld’sleadingpenetrationtestingandinformationsecurityauditingdistribution.Withhundredsoftoolspreinstalledandconfiguredtorunoutofthebox,BackTrack4providesasolidPenetrationtestingplatform‐fromWebapplicationHackingtoRFIDauditing–itsallworkinginonceplace.
Behindthecurtains
BackTrackBase
TherehavebeenmanychangesintroducedintoBackTrack4‐mostnotably,ourmovetoanUbuntuIntrepidbase.WenowmaintainourownfullrepositorieswithmodifiedUbuntupackagesinadditiontoourownpenetrationtestingtools.Anothersignificantchangeistheupdatedkernelversion,currentlyat2.6.29.4.Thisnewkernelbroughtanonsetofinternalchanges,whichhavegreatlychangedthestructureofBackTrack.
BackTrackKernel
Wenolongeruselzmaenabledsquashfsasourlivefilesystem,whichononehandresultsinlargerISOsize,butontheotherhand,freesusfromhavingtomaintainourownkernelpatches.Thisisespeciallypainfulthesedays,assquashfsisslowlymovingintothemainstreamkernel(atthetimeofthiswriting).BackTrack4usessquashfs‐toolsversion4.0(whichisnotbackwardcompatiblewithpreviousversions),andtheinbuiltsquashfskernelmodule,whichispresentin2.6.29.4.AUFSisusedastheunificationfilesystem(aufs2.x).Severalwirelessdriverinjection/optimizationpatcheshavebeenappliedtothekernel,aswellasabootsplashpatch.Thesepatchescanbefoundinthekernelsourcespackage(/usr/src/linux/patches).
 
3ThesechangesmeanthatmuchofwhatyouwereusedtoinBackTrack2/3haschangedintermsofbootcheatcodesandsuch,asthiskernelshiftalsomeanswenolongerusethe
live-linux 
scriptstocreateourimages(weusecaspernow).
PackagesandRepositories
OneofthemostsignificantchangesintroducedinBackTrack4aretheDebianlikerepositoriesavailable,whicharefrequentlyupdatedwithsecurityfixesandnewtools.ThismeansthatifyouchoosetoinstallBackTracktodisk,youwillbeabletogetpackagemaintenanceandupdatesbyusing
apt-get 
commands.OurBackTracktoolsarearrangedbyparentcategories.Thesearethecategoriesthatcurrentlyexist:
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BackTrack‐Enumeration
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BackTrack‐Tunneling
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BackTrack‐Bruteforce
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BackTrack‐Spoofing
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BackTrack‐Passwords
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BackTrack‐Wireless
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BackTrack‐Discovery
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BackTrack‐Cisco
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BackTrack–WebApplications
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BackTrack‐Forensics
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BackTrack‐Fuzzers
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BackTrack‐Bluetooth
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BackTrack‐Misc
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BackTrack‐Sniffers
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BackTrack‐VOIP
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BackTrack‐Debuggers
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BackTrack‐Penetration
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BackTrack‐Database
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BackTrack‐RFID
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BackTrack–Python
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