Pentoo
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| Pentoo Linux | |
|---|---|
 Pentoo Linux 2010.0 | |
| Developer | Grimmlin (Michael Zanetta - founder), Zero_Chaos (Rick Farina), blshkv (Anton Bolshakov), Wuodan (Stefan Kuhn), Jensp (Jens Pranaitis)[1] |
| OS family | Linux (Unix-like) |
| Working state | Active[2] |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | June 22, 2005 |
| Latest release | 2024.0 / January 11, 2024 |
| Repository | |
| Update method | Emerge |
| Package manager | Portage with Pentoo overlay |
| Supported platforms | IA-32, x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Modular (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | Xfce4 WM from LiveCD, various |
| License | Free software licenses (mainly GPL) |
| Official website | www |
Pentoo is a Live CD and Live USB designed for penetration testing and security assessment.[3][4][5][6] Based on Gentoo Linux, Pentoo is provided both as 32 and 64-bit installable live CD. Pentoo is also available as an overlay[7] 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.
- 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'[8][9][10]
- Built on hardened linux, including a hardened kernel and toolchain
- Hardened kernel with extra patches[11]
- 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[12]
Tools
Tools are installed with versioned ebuilds and open-ended ebuilds,[13] making it possible to pull in the latest subversions and still have installs tracked by package management. The following tool categories are included:[14]
- Analyzer
- Bluetooth
- Cracker
- Database
- Development
- Exploit
- Footprint
- Forensics
- Forging
- Fuzzers
- Misc
- MitM
- Pentoo
- Proxy
- RCE
- Scanner
- SIP-VOIP
- Wireless
