What Is Back-Track ?
So now that you are familiar with Linux, let me introduce you to BackTrack.
BackTrack is a Linux penetration testing distro developed by Offensive Security especially for ethical hackers and penetration testers. It contains all the popular tools and software used for pen testing a variety of services, networks, and devices.
BackTrack 5 is the latest version of the Linux penetration testing distro at the time of writing this Blog. It comes in two flavors : Gnome and KDE.
Gnome is an Ubuntu-based Linux operating system that has officially been introduced only in the latest version of BackTrack.
Here is a screenshot of BackTrack 5.
How to Get BackTrack 5 Running ?
Now that you have a basic idea of what BackTrack is and why it is used, it’s time to install BackTrack on our box and get things going. There are many ways you can get BackTrack up and running. I install BackTrack on a virtualization software such as VMware or virtual box.
Personally, I am a fan of virtual box, since it does not take much of my computer’s memory.
Therefore, what we will learn next is how to install BackTrack on virtual box.
Backtracking is an algorithmic-technique for solving problems recursively by trying to build a solution incrementally, one piece at a time, removing those solutions that fail to satisfy the constraints of the problem at any point of time (by time, here, is referred to the time elapsed till reaching any level of the search tree).
According to the wiki definition,
Backtracking can be defined as a general algorithmic technique that considers searching every possible combination in order to solve a computational problem.
There are three types of problems in backtracking –
- Decision Problem – In this, we search for a feasible solution.
- Optimization Problem – In this, we search for the best solution.
- Enumeration Problem – In this, we find all feasible solutions.
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