BackTrack4 Sneak Peek Shows New Forensic Capabilities
BackTrack 4 Pre Final Sneak Peek was released to Informer Blog subscribers last week. Informer, created by Johnny Long and his Hackers For Charity organization, is a fundraising program to help feed children in East Africa, and its blog "is designed to give subscribers a 'backstage pass' to the world of Information Security" by providing access to prereleases of tools, papers, and book chapters.
BackTrack 4, which will be released publicly in a few weeks, is the premier (and free) penetration-testing bootable Linux LiveCD. Countless presentations have been based around it. It includes pretty much every free and open-source tool you'll need during a pen test. The Offensive Security team even offers what is supposed to be fantastic training based on BackTrack, followed by a 24-hour, hands-on practical to prove you know your stuff.
