This is a tutorial on how to install and set up backtrack 4 beta using vmware. Steps to log into Backtrack 4 beta: hit “play” button boot into backtrack 4 beta bt login: root password: toor startx Steps for setting up your network card: type in “/etc/init.d/networking start” before typing in “startx” OR open terminal […]
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Building the Perfect Backtrack 4 USB Thumb Drive
This post will show you how to build a USB thumb drive with the following features: Persistent Changes Nessus and NessusClient installed Encryption configured for storing data Tools and Supplies USB thumbdrive – minimum capacity 4GB BackTrack 3 CDROM, BackTrack 4 DVD or an additional USB thumbdrive (minimum 2GB) – Used to partition the thumbdrive. Optional: […]
How to Start Networking in BackTrack 4
Since BackTrack 4 (Pre-Release and Beta) doesn’t start networking by default you have to manually start it. Here’s how to start it manually: /etc/init.d/networking start If you have installed BackTrack 4 to disk you can enable networking to start at boot using: update-rc.d networking defaults And finally, you can start wireless networking in BackTrack 4 […]
Shutdown Command for BackTrack 3 or 4
Since BackTrack is built on Linux you can shutdown BackTrack from the shell using poweroff or restart it with reboot. BackTrack links How to Start Networking in BackTrack 4 HowTo: Crack WPA with Backtrack 3 HowTo: Crack WEP with BackTrack 3 How To Install Backtrack4 Using Grub On Ubuntu How to install BT4 dualboot xp on your HDD without […]
BackTrack 4 PreRelease Hard Disk Install
Since BackTrack 4 Pre-Release does not contain an installer you can follow these steps to install BT4 quickly and easily. The assumption is that you are installing BT4 on an empty disk (/dev/sda in this tutorial). Boot to BT4 DVD (download BackTrack 4 ISO – make sure to get the BT 4 Beta and not the BT4 Pre […]
HowTo: Crack WPA with Backtrack 3
This is an easy to follow tutorial on how to crack a WPA encrypted password. This information should only be used for education purposes. Steps: airmon-ng stop wlan0 ifconfig wlan0 down macchanger –mac 00:11:22:33:44:55 wlan0 airmon-ng start wlan0 airodump-ng wlan0 airodump-ng -c (channel) -w (file name) –bssid (bssid) wlan0 aireplay-ng -0 5 -a (bssid)wlan0 aircrack-ng […]
HowTo: Crack WEP with BackTrack 3
This is a tutorial on how to crack a wep encrypted password. This information should only be used for education purposes. Steps: airmon-ng stop wlan0 ifconfig wlan0 down macchanger –mac 00:11:22:33:44:55 wlan0 airmon-ng start wlan0 airodump-ng wlan0 airodump-ng -c (channel) -w (file name) –bssid (bssid) wlan0 aireplay-ng -1 0 -a (bssid) -h 00:11:22:33:44:55 wlan0 aireplay-ng […]
How To Install Backtrack4 Using Grub On Ubuntu
Backtrack is an operating system that is specially designed for networking security. Bactrack OS is based on Linux. As of this writing the latest version of Bactrack is Backtrack4 with many, many useful applications. Before installing BT4, make sure you have installed Ubuntu on your computer so we can use Ubuntu’s Grub for booting. Follow these steps to install and configure dual booting Ubuntu […]
How to install BT4 dualboot xp on your HDD without vmware or dvd disks
This tutorial is about 1 SATA drive with 2 partitions, the first one has Windows XP Download BT4 ISO Download UNetbootin Launch UNetbootin and choose the ISO path and pick your XP hdd C: It wont delete your files , it will just add a few BT4 installation files, basically it makes it possible to […]
Backtrack 4 – USB/Nessus Boot with Persistent Changes
This how-to will show you a method for building a USB thumb drive with the following features: Persistent Changes – Files saved and changes made will be kept across reboots. Nessus and NessusClient installed – Everybody needs Nessus Encryption configured (Note: This is not whole drive encryption) Tools and Supplies A USB thumbdrive – minimum […]