shadowcircle: a pentesting distribution alternative
Channel: FOSDEM
Date: 2010-02-14

by Clement Game 

This talk would be about explaining what the shadowcircle project is: 

◦why was it created. 
◦what is the philosophy behind this project. 
◦what are you concretely able to do with the integrated tools. 
◦why is it better than other similar solution (backtrack) 
◦Final words : we need contributors to side projects in order to replace some non FOS software. 
a Demo would also be performed : a vulnerabilities check on remote host ( implies 2 pc, provided by the speaker ) + exploit with specific payload. 
shadowcircle is a free GNU/Linux Live CD distribution which was specially crafted for penetration testers. 

Forked from backtrack, this distribution aims to: 

◦Remove any peace of non free software that was initially the backtrack packages base, and replace them by FOS equivalents. 
◦Bring more documentation about the integrated tools. 
◦Integrate cutting-edge security tools that are not yet available in similar distributions.
Links:
◦http://www.shadowcircle.org 

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