BackBox Linux 4.1 released and available for Download

BackBox Linux 4.1 released, A Linux operating system based on Ubuntu and designed for penetration testing and security assessments

BackBox is an open source and free Linux distribution based on the world’s most popular free operating system, Ubuntu, built around the lightweight Xfce desktop environment and developed to perform security assessments and penetration tests.

 

Distributed as Live DVDs for 64-bit and 32-bit platforms

The operating system can be downloaded from Softpedia or its official website as Live DVD ISO images of approximately 2GB in size each, designed to support the 64-bit (amd64) and 32-bit (i386) hardware platforms.

 

Boot options

Being based on Ubuntu, BackBox’s Live DVDs come with a standard, Ubuntu-style boot menu that allows the user to try the operating system without installing anything in forensics mode, persistent mode, text mode or compatibility mode, as well as to boot an existing OS from the first disk. It supports five languages, English, German, Spanish, French and Italian.

What's new in BackBox Linux 4.0:

• Preinstalled Linux Kernel 3.13
• New Ubuntu 14.04 base
• Installer with LVM and Full Disk Encryption options
• Handy Thunar custom actions
• RAM wipe at shutdown/reboot
• System improvements
• Upstream components
• Bug corrections
• Performance boost
• Improved Anonymous mode
• Predisposition to ARM architecture (armhf Debian packages)
• Predisposition to BackBox Cloud platform
• New and updated hacking tools

Default apps include the Geany IDE, GIMP image editor, Mozilla Firefox web browser, Mozilla Thunderbird email and news client, FileZilla file transfer client, Pidgin multi-protocol instant messenger, TorChat anonymous chat client, XChat IRC client, Transmission torrent downloader, Brasero CD/DVD burning software, VLC Media Player, BleachBit system cleaner, Synaptic Package Manager, and LibreOffice office suite.


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