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Pentoo

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Short description: Gentoo based Linux distribution for penetration testing
Pentoo Linux
Pentoo Linux 2010.0
DeveloperGrimmlin (Michael Zanetta - founder), Zero_Chaos (Rick Farina), blshkv (Anton Bolshakov), Wuodan (Stefan Kuhn), Jensp (Jens Pranaitis)[1]
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateActive[2]
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseJune 22, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-06-22)
|Final release|Latest release}}2019.1 / January 17, 2019; 6 years ago (2019-01-17)
Update methodEmerge
Package managerPortage with Pentoo overlay
PlatformsIA-32, x86-64
Kernel typeModular (Linux)
UserlandGNU
Default user interfaceXfce4 WM from LiveCD, various
LicenseFree software licenses
(mainly GPL)
Official websitewww.pentoo.ch

Pentoo is a Live CD and Live USB designed for penetration testing and security assessment.[3][4][5][6] Based on Gentoo Linux, Pentoo is provided both as 32 and 64-bit installable live CD. Pentoo is also available as an overlay[7] for an existing Gentoo installation. It features packet injection patched Wi-Fi drivers, GPGPU cracking software, and many tools for penetration testing and security assessment. The Pentoo kernel includes grsecurity and PAX hardening and extra patches - with binaries compiled from a hardened toolchain with the latest nightly versions of some tools available.

Features

  • Available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions, the latter having a significant speed increase from 32 bits
  • Includes the required environment to crack passwords using GPGPU with openCL and CUDA configured 'out of the box'[8][9][10]
  • Built on hardened linux, including a hardened kernel and toolchain
  • Hardened kernel with extra patches[11]
  • Uses a Pentoo overlay, which allows tools to be built on top of a standard Gentoo build
  • Support for full disk encryption with LUKS if installed on HDD
  • Automated installation[12]

Tools

Tools are installed with versioned ebuilds and open-ended ebuilds,[13] making it possible to pull in the latest subversions and still have installs tracked by package management. The following tool categories are included:[14]

  • Analyzer
  • Bluetooth
  • Cracker
  • Database
  • Development
  • Exploit
  • Footprint
  • Forensics
  • Forging
  • Fuzzers
  • Misc
  • MitM
  • Pentoo
  • Proxy
  • RCE
  • Scanner
  • SIP-VOIP
  • Wireless

Releases

Pentoo uses rolling releases with periodic ISO snapshots of the latest committed updates.

Date Release[15]
2005/06/22 Pentoo 2005.1
2006/02/02 Pentoo 2006.0
2006/07/05 Pentoo 2006.1
2009/12/04 Pentoo 2009.0
2012/07/30 Pentoo 2012.0
2013/03/09 Pentoo 2013.0 RC1.1
2013/07/04 Pentoo 2013.0 RC1.8
2014/08/08 Pentoo 2013.0 RC1.9
2014/03/17 Pentoo 2014.0 RC2.1
2014/08/08 Pentoo 2014.0 RC3
2014/09/25 Pentoo 2014.0 RC3.5
2014/11/16 Pentoo 2014.0 RC3.6
2015/01/05 Pentoo 2015.0 RC3.7
2015/12/02 Pentoo 2015.0 RC4.6[16][17][18]
2016/08/02 Pentoo 2015.0 RC5
2018/03/26 Pentoo 2018.0 RC6.3
2018/07/10 Pentoo 2018.0 RC7.1
2019/01/17 Pentoo 2019.0

References

  1. ↑ "Developers". http://www.pentoo.ch/about/. Retrieved 2015-07-18. 
  2. ↑ DistroWatch.com: Pentoo
  3. ↑ Pentoo (Gentoo) Based Linux Review, Features and Screenshot Tour, TecMint.
  4. ↑ 12 Best Linux Distributions for Hacking and Penetration Testing in 2018 | It's FOSS
  5. ↑ A Look at Pentoo Linux and Its Security Analysis Tools, eWeek
  6. ↑ 12 Best Operating Systems For Ethical Hacking And Penetration Testing | 2018 Edition
  7. ↑ "Overlay usage". http://code.google.com/p/pentoo/wiki/OverlayUsage. Retrieved 2013-01-08. 
  8. ↑ "Cuda, Stream, mpi, and Multiforcer". 3 February 2009. http://pentoo.blogspot.com/2009/02/cuda-stream-mpi-and-multiforcer.html. Retrieved 2011-01-22. 
  9. ↑ "Pentoo Updates". http://carnal0wnage.blogspot.com/2009/02/pentoo-updates.html. Retrieved 2011-01-22. 
  10. ↑ "Pentoo, another security distro". 4 January 2010. http://littleunixadmin.blogspot.com/2010/01/pentoo-another-security-distro.html. Retrieved 2011-01-22. 
  11. ↑ "Kernel Patches". https://www.pentoo.ch/svn/kernel/trunk/2.6/2.6.37/. Retrieved 2011-01-22. 
  12. ↑ "Installation video". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZA6Z1eZHKE. Retrieved 2013-01-08. 
  13. ↑ "SVN ebuild example". https://www.pentoo.ch/svn/portage/trunk/app-exploits/exploitdb/exploitdb-9999.ebuild. Retrieved 2011-04-10. 
  14. ↑ "Menu Categories". https://www.pentoo.ch/svn/portage/trunk/pentoo/. Retrieved 2011-04-10. 
  15. ↑ "Index". Pentoo. http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/pentoo/Pentoo_amd64_default/. Retrieved 2015-01-01. 
  16. ↑ "Surprise! A working iso just in time for nothing at all!". Pentoo. https://pentoo.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/surprise-working-iso-just-in-time-for.html. Retrieved 2016-10-06. 
  17. ↑ Gentoo-Based Pentoo 2015.0 Linux Distro for Ethical Hackers Gets New RC Release, Softpedia News
  18. ↑ Gentoo-Based Pentoo 2015.0 Penetration Testing Linux Distro Gets All-New Installer, Softpedia News



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