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nUbuntu or Network Ubuntu was a project to take the existing
Ubuntu
Ubuntu ( ) is a Linux distribution based on Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software. Ubuntu is officially released in three editions: ''Desktop'', ''Server'', and ''Core'' for Internet of things devices and robots. All the ...
operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also in ...
LiveCD and Full Installer and remaster it with tools needed for
penetration testing
A penetration test, colloquially known as a pen test or ethical hacking, is an authorized simulated cyberattack on a computer system, performed to evaluate the security of the system; this is not to be confused with a vulnerability assessment. T ...
servers and
networks. The main idea is to keep Ubuntu's ease of use and mix it with popular penetration testing tools. Besides usage for network and server testing, nUbuntu will be made to be a desktop distribution for advanced Linux users.
Contents
nUbuntu uses the light
window manager Fluxbox.
It includes some of the most used security programs for Linux, such as
Wireshark
Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, and education. Originally named Ethereal, the project was renamed Wireshark in May 2006 d ...
,
nmap,
dSniff
dSniff is a set of password sniffing and network traffic analysis tools written by security researcher and startup founder Dug Song to parse different application protocols and extract relevant information. dsniff, filesnarf, mailsnarf, msgsnarf ...
, and
Ettercap.
History
* 2005-12-18 - nUbuntu Project is born, developers release Testing 1
* 2006-01-16 - nUbuntu Live developers release Stable 1
* 2006-06-26 - nUbuntu Live developers release version 6.06
* 2006-10-16 - nUbuntu featured i
Hacker Japan * 2006-11-21 - nUbuntu Live developers release version 6.10
As of April 4, 2010, the official website is closed with no explanation.
Releases
Below is a list of previous and current releases.
Further reading
* Russ McRee (Nov 2007)
Security testing with nUbuntu',
Linux Magazine
''Linux Magazine'' is an international magazine for Linux software enthusiasts and professionals. It is published by the former Linux New Media division of the German media company Medialinx AG.
The magazine was first published in German in 199 ...
, issue 84
External links
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Operating system distributions bootable from read-only media
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Pentesting software toolkits
Linux distributions
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