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  • BlackArch

    BlackArch Linux is an Small Arch Linux iconArch Linux -based distribution for penetration testers and security researchers. The repository contains 1218 tools.

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    • Blackarch has more tools available in their repos! Guest • May 2016 • 3 agrees and 2 disagrees Disagree   Agree

  • Cyborg Linux

    The most advanced, powerful and yet beautiful penetration testing distribution ever created.Lined up with ultimate collection of tools for pro Ethical Hackers and Cyber...

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    • Discontinued have not been any updates on their website in almost 2 years.

  • Wifislax

    Wifislax is a Slackware-based live CD containing a variety of security and forensics tools.

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  • Dracos Linux

    Dracos Linux is purposed as an educational, especially to recognize the operation system of Linux and we respect ethical hacking.

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  • Wifiway

    Wifiway is the perfect tool to make sure that our wireless network is secure, because it is an ambitious compendium of all the utilities focused and try to access Wi-Fi....

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  • Matriux

    Matriux is a fully featured security distribution consisting of a bunch of powerful, open source and free tools that can be used for various purposes including, but not...

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    • Discontinued The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, Matriux Blue, released in August 2014, can be still downloaded from SourceForge
    • There are many tools are available in this Operating System. And this is the first penetration testing distro in Asia. Guest • May 2017 Disagree   Agree

  • BlackBuntu

    Blackbuntu is distribution for penetration testing which was specially designed for security training students and practitioners of information security. Blackbuntu...

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    • Discontinued The project seems to be no longer maintained and the official website is no longer available, but it can be still downloaded from SourceForge.

  • SELKS

    SELKS is a Debian-based live distribution designed for network security management.

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    • its for network management,not for penetration testing, ethical hacking. Guest • Feb 2018 Disagree   Agree

  • Bugtraq

    Bugtraq system offers the most comprehensive distribution, optimal, and stable with automated services manager in real time. This distribution based on the 3.2 and 3.4...

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  • ArchStrike

    ArchStrike is a penetration testing and security layer on top of Arch Linux done the Arch Way and optimized for i686, x86_64, ARMv6, ARMv7 and ARMv8. We follow the Arch...

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  • Caine

    CAINE Computer Aided INvestigative Environment Live CD/DVD, computer forensics, digital forensics CAINE (Computer Aided INvestigative Environment) is an Italian...

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Comment by OmgItsTheSmartGuy
about Kali Linux · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful -1 Helpful Report as spam

In case you have no idea what the description for Backtrack says, here's a common-language translation: It cracks WiFi passwords. That's it.

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