User:Imran morph/Matriux
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Matriux is a Kubuntu based Security_distribution Designed for Pentration_testing and Cyber Forensic investigations,can be used as a Live CD It allows the user to include customizable scripts, additional tools and configurable kernels in personalized distributions. The BackTrack project was created by Manu zacharia and is a collaborative effort involving the community.
Matriux Beta 1 code named Lithium was released on 05 December 2009 at ClubHack 2009.
Features
[edit]Matriux focuses its central idea on the needs of Penetration_testers. The inclusion of Live CD and Live USB functionality enables any user to just insert their respective data medium and boot up Matriux. Direct hard disk installations (2.7 GB uncompressed) can also be completed within the Live CD (700 MB compressed) environment through the basic graphical installation wizard with no restart subsequent to installation. Matriux further continues its compatibility with the computer forensics demographic with accessibility and internationalization by including support for Japanese input in reading and writing in Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji.
The key additions to the BackTrack suite are notably -
- Metasploit integration
- Kismet
- Nmap
- Ettercap
- Wireshark (formerly known as Ethereal)
Matriux's functionality further increases with the arrangement of each tool in 16 categories. The tool categories are as follows -
- Enumeration
- Exploit Archives
- Scanners
- Password Attacks
- Fuzzers
- Spoofing
- Sniffers
- Tunneling
- Wireless Tools
- Bluetooth
- Cisco Tools
- Database Tools
- Forensic Tools
- Reversing
- Misc
In relation to basic software packages, Matriux includes some ordinary desktop programs such as Mozilla Firefox, Pidgin, K3b, and XMMS.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Download Link http://www.matriux.com/download.html