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BackBox Linux
DeveloperRaffaele Forte and others[1]
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateActive
Source modelOpen source
Latest release6 / June 11, 2019 (2019-06-11)[2]
Platformsi386(x86), amd64(x86-64)
Kernel typeLinux
Default
user interface		XFCE
LicenseFree software licenses
(mainly GPL)
Official websitewww.backbox.org

BackBox is a penetration test and security assessment oriented Ubuntu-based Linux distribution providing a network and informatic systems analysis toolkit. It includes a complete set of tools required for ethical hacking and security testing.

Contents

The main aim of BackBox is providing an alternative, highly customizable and well performing system. BackBox uses the light window manager Xfce.

It includes some of the most used security and analysis Linux tools, aiming for a wide spread of goals, ranging from web application analysis to network analysis, from stress tests to sniffing, also including vulnerability assessment, computer forensic analysis and exploitation.

Part of the power of this distribution comes from its Launchpad repository core, constantly updated to the latest stable version of the most known and used ethical hacking tools. The integration and development of new tools in the distribution follows the open source community, particularly the Debian Free Software Guidelines criteria.

Releases

Date Release
Sep 9, 2010 BackBox Linux RC
Jan 3, 2011 BackBox Linux 1[3]
May 5, 2011 BackBox Linux 1.05[4]
Sep 3, 2011 BackBox Linux 2[5][6]
Jan 2, 2012 BackBox Linux 2.01[7]
Apr 24, 2012 BackBox Linux 2.05
Oct 24, 2012 BackBox Linux 3.0[8][9]
Jan 23, 2013 BackBox Linux 3.01[10]
May 23, 2013 BackBox Linux 3.05[11]
Sep 20, 2013 BackBox Linux 3.09[12]
Jan 16, 2014 BackBox Linux 3.13[13]
Oct 11, 2014 BackBox Linux 4.0[14]
Jan 29, 2015 BackBox Linux 4.1[15]
Apr 27, 2015 BackBox Linux 4.2[16]
Jul 20, 2015 BackBox Linux 4.3[17][18]
Oct 12, 2015 BackBox Linux 4.4[19][20]
Jan 27, 2016 BackBox Linux 4.5[21]
Mar 08, 2016 BackBox Linux 4.5.1
May 26, 2016 BackBox Linux 4.6
December 8, 2016 BackBox Linux 4.7
July 21, 2017 BackBox Linux 5
March 9, 2018 BackBox Linux 5.1
August 9, 2018 BackBox Linux 5.2
February 18, 2019 BackBox Linux 5.3
June 11, 2019 BackBox Linux 6[22]

Categories

BackBox Linux categories listed as follow:

Tools

More than 70 tools are included in BackBox:

References

  1. ^ "Team/Developers". Archived from the original on 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2012-01-05. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "BackBox 6 Released". BackBox Linux. BackBox Linux. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  3. ^ "UPDATE: BackBox Linux 1 Final Release!". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "Rilasciata BackBox 1.05, degna rivale di BackTrack". Archived from the original on 2012-01-31. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 2".
  6. ^ Security testing with BackBox 2 [LWN.net]
  7. ^ "Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 2.01".
  8. ^ "Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 3.0".
  9. ^ BackBox Linux 3 review | LinuxBSDos.com
  10. ^ "Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 3.01".
  11. ^ "Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 3.05".
  12. ^ "Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 3.09".
  13. ^ "Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 3.13".
  14. ^ "Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 4.0".
  15. ^ "Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 4.1".
  16. ^ "Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 4.2".
  17. ^ "Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 4.3".
  18. ^ BackBox 4.3 review: Not just for penetration tests and security assessments | LinuxBSDos.com
  19. ^ "Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 4.4".
  20. ^ BackBox Linux 4.4 review | LinuxBSDos.com
  21. ^ DistroWatch. "Distribution Release: BackBox Linux 4.5 (DistroWatch.com News)". distrowatch.com. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
  22. ^ "BackBox Linux 6 released". {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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