Pentoo
{{Short description|Gentoo based Linux distribution for penetration testing}}
{{Infobox OS
| name = Pentoo Linux
| logo =
| screenshot = Pentoo-screen.png
| caption = Pentoo Linux 2010.0
| developer = Grimmlin (Michael Zanetta - founder), Zero_Chaos (Rick Farina), blshkv (Anton Bolshakov), Wuodan (Stefan Kuhn), Jensp (Jens Pranaitis){{cite web|url=http://www.pentoo.ch/about/|title=Developers|accessdate=2015-07-18}}
| working state = Active[https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=pentoo DistroWatch.com: Pentoo]
| source model = Open source
| released = {{Start date and age|2005|06|22}}
| latest release version = 2024.0
| latest release date = {{start date and age|2024|01|11}}
| update model = Emerge
| package manager = Portage with Pentoo overlay
| supported platforms = IA-32, x86-64
| kernel type = Modular (Linux)
| userland = GNU
| ui = Xfce4 WM from LiveCD, various
| license = Free software licenses
(mainly GPL)
| website = {{url|http://www.pentoo.ch/}}
}}
Pentoo is a Live CD and Live USB designed for penetration testing and security assessment. Based on Gentoo Linux, Pentoo is provided both as 32 and 64-bit installable live CD. Pentoo is also available as an overlay{{cite web |url= http://code.google.com/p/pentoo/wiki/OverlayUsage|title=Overlay usage |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426213808/http://code.google.com/p/pentoo/wiki/OverlayUsage|archive-date=2014-04-26|accessdate=2013-01-08 |url-status= dead}} for an existing Gentoo installation. It features packet injection patched Wi-Fi drivers, GPGPU cracking software, and many tools for penetration testing and security assessment. The Pentoo kernel includes grsecurity and PAX hardening and extra patches - with binaries compiled from a hardened toolchain with the latest nightly versions of some tools available.
Features
- Available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions, the latter having a significant speed increase from 32 bits
- Includes the required environment to crack passwords using GPGPU with openCL and CUDA configured 'out of the box'{{cite web |url= http://pentoo.blogspot.com/2009/02/cuda-stream-mpi-and-multiforcer.html|title=Cuda, Stream, mpi, and Multiforcer |date=3 February 2009 |accessdate=2011-01-22 }}{{cite web |url= http://carnal0wnage.blogspot.com/2009/02/pentoo-updates.html|title=Pentoo Updates |accessdate=2011-01-22 }}{{cite web |url= http://littleunixadmin.blogspot.com/2010/01/pentoo-another-security-distro.html|title=Pentoo, another security distro |date=4 January 2010 |accessdate=2011-01-22 }}
- Built on hardened linux, including a hardened kernel and toolchain
- Hardened kernel with extra patches{{cite web|url=https://www.pentoo.ch/svn/kernel/trunk/2.6/2.6.37/|title=Kernel Patches|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322170154/https://www.pentoo.ch/svn/kernel/trunk/2.6/2.6.37/|archive-date=2012-03-22|accessdate=2011-01-22|url-status=dead}}
- Uses a Pentoo overlay, which allows tools to be built on top of a standard Gentoo build
- Support for full disk encryption with LUKS if installed on HDD
- Automated installation{{cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZA6Z1eZHKE|title=Installation video |website=YouTube |accessdate=2013-01-08 }}
Tools
Tools are installed with versioned ebuilds and open-ended ebuilds,{{cite web|url=https://www.pentoo.ch/svn/portage/trunk/app-exploits/exploitdb/exploitdb-9999.ebuild|title=SVN ebuild example|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322170218/https://www.pentoo.ch/svn/portage/trunk/app-exploits/exploitdb/exploitdb-9999.ebuild|archive-date=2012-03-22|accessdate=2011-04-10|url-status=dead}} making it possible to pull in the latest subversions and still have installs tracked by package management. The following tool categories are included:{{cite web|url=https://www.pentoo.ch/svn/portage/trunk/pentoo/|title=Menu Categories|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322170349/https://www.pentoo.ch/svn/portage/trunk/pentoo/|archive-date=2012-03-22|accessdate=2011-04-10|url-status=dead}}
- Analyzer
- Bluetooth
- Cracker
- Database
- Development
- Exploit
- Footprint
- Forensics
- Forging
- Fuzzers
- Misc
- MitM
- Pentoo
- Proxy
- RCE
- Scanner
- SIP-VOIP
- Wireless
Releases
Pentoo uses rolling releases with periodic ISO [http://pentoo.ch/isos/ snapshots] of the latest committed updates.
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Date |
|---|
| 2005/06/22
| Pentoo 2005.1 |
| 2006/02/02
| Pentoo 2006.0 |
| 2006/07/05
| Pentoo 2006.1 |
| 2009/12/04
| Pentoo 2009.0 |
| 2012/07/30
| Pentoo 2012.0 |
| 2013/03/09
|Pentoo 2013.0 RC1.1 |
| 2013/07/04
|Pentoo 2013.0 RC1.8 |
| 2014/08/08
|Pentoo 2013.0 RC1.9 |
| 2014/03/17
|Pentoo 2014.0 RC2.1 |
| 2014/08/08
|Pentoo 2014.0 RC3 |
| 2014/09/25
|Pentoo 2014.0 RC3.5 |
| 2014/11/16
|Pentoo 2014.0 RC3.6 |
| 2015/01/05
|Pentoo 2015.0 RC3.7 |
| 2015/12/02
|Pentoo 2015.0 RC4.6{{cite news|url=https://pentoo.blogspot.co.uk/2015/12/surprise-working-iso-just-in-time-for.html|title=Surprise! A working iso just in time for nothing at all!|publisher=Pentoo|accessdate=2016-10-06}} |
| 2016/08/02
|Pentoo 2015.0 RC5 |
| 2018/03/26
|Pentoo 2018.0 RC6.3 |
| 2018/07/10
|Pentoo 2018.0 RC7.1 |
| 2019/01/17
|Pentoo 2019.0 |
References
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.pentoo.ch/}}
- [http://pentoo.blogspot.com/ Official blog]
- {{DistroWatch|Pentoo|NAME=Pentoo}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xJWPc68AaA Shmoocon 2010 Firetalks Presentation: Pentoo]
- [http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=videos/bsidesde2013/pentoo-zero-chaos BSides Delaware 2013 Presentation: Pentoo]
- [https://code.google.com/p/pentoo/issues/list Report Bugs]
- [http://dev.pentoo.ch/~zero/isos/ Working betas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803025306/http://dev.pentoo.ch/~zero/isos/ |date=2012-08-03 }}
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