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Developer | BackBox Team [1] |
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OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
Working state | Active |
Source model | Open source |
Latest release | 8 / November 15, 2022 [2] |
Platforms | i386(x86), amd64(x86-64) |
Kernel type | Linux |
Default user interface | XFCE |
License | Free software licenses (mainly GPL) |
Official website | www.backbox.org |
BackBox is a penetration test and security assessment oriented Ubuntu-based Linux distribution providing a network and informatic systems analysis toolkit. [3] It includes a complete set of tools required for ethical hacking and security testing. [4]
The main aim of BackBox is providing an alternative, highly customizable and well performing system. BackBox uses the light window manager Xfce. [5] It delivers a fast, effective, customizable and complete experience. It also has a very helpful community behind it. [6]
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.
Date | Release |
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Sep 9, 2010 | BackBox Linux RC |
Sep 3, 2011 | BackBox Linux 2 [7] [8] |
Jan 2, 2012 | BackBox Linux 2.01 [9] |
Apr 24, 2012 | BackBox Linux 2.05 |
Oct 24, 2012 | BackBox Linux 3.0 [10] [11] |
Jan 23, 2013 | BackBox Linux 3.01 [12] |
May 23, 2013 | BackBox Linux 3.05 [13] |
Sep 20, 2013 | BackBox Linux 3.09 [14] |
Jan 16, 2014 | BackBox Linux 3.13 [15] |
Oct 11, 2014 | BackBox Linux 4.0 [16] |
Jan 29, 2015 | BackBox Linux 4.1 [17] |
Apr 27, 2015 | BackBox Linux 4.2 [18] |
Jul 20, 2015 | BackBox Linux 4.3 [19] [20] |
Oct 12, 2015 | BackBox Linux 4.4 [21] [22] |
Jan 27, 2016 | BackBox Linux 4.5 [23] |
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 [24] |
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 [25] |
May 15, 2020 | BackBox Linux 7 |
November 15, 2022 | BackBox Linux 8 |
BackBox Linux categories listed as follow:
More than 70 tools are included in BackBox:
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Bajo el nombre de BackBox encontramos una distribución Linux y la comunidad que la respalda. ¿Su objetivo? Divulgar y promover la cultura de la seguridad en entornos IT.
O BackBox Linux é uma distribuição baseada no Ubuntu desenvolvida para realizar testes de penetração e avaliações de segurança.
El objetivo principal de BackBox es proporcionar un sistema alternativo, altamente personalizable y con un buen rendimiento. BackBox utiliza el gestor de ventanas light Xfce .
BackBox is a Ubuntu-based distro developed for the purposes of penetration testing and security assessment.