Installing BackTrack 5 R1

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">What is BackTrack5</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">BackTrack is an operating system based on the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution aimed at digital forensics and penetration testing use. It is named after backtracking, a search algorithm. The current version is BackTrack 5, code name "Revolution."</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">BackTrack provides users with easy access to a comprehensive and large collection of security-related tools ranging from port scanners to password crackers. Support for Live CD and Live USB functionality allows users to boot BackTrack directly from portable media without requiring installation, though permanent installation to hard disk is also an option</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">BackTrack includes many well known security tools including</span><ul><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Metasploit integration</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">RFMON Injection capable wireless drivers</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Aircrack-NG</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Kismet</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Nmap</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Ophcrack</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Ettercap</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Wireshark (formerly known as Ethereal)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">BeEF (Browser Exploitation Framework)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Hydra</span></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">BackTrack Download</span><ul><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> <a href="http://www.backtrack-linux.org/ajax/download_redirect.php?id=BT5R1-GNOME-32.iso" target="_blank">Download BackTrack5R1</a> </span></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">  </span></div><br /> </li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Create a New Virtual Machine. (See Below)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqkyw-qsJ4eStmqpyVzp1j7m_Gn-BotoYLSsHViHsMyTtblbIRZfRAFSgMk-9gULJn2wvvZ3MifzTWbOea3XX8NGmfh7MMXFK8LxsDYDmQcwI-fSqnUHna9JvFSpMxdmCLmUzf03OlKU/s1600/create+a+new+virtual+machine+backtrack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisqkyw-qsJ4eStmqpyVzp1j7m_Gn-BotoYLSsHViHsMyTtblbIRZfRAFSgMk-9gULJn2wvvZ3MifzTWbOea3XX8NGmfh7MMXFK8LxsDYDmQcwI-fSqnUHna9JvFSpMxdmCLmUzf03OlKU/s1600/create+a+new+virtual+machine+backtrack.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span><span style="font-family: Courier New;">New Virtual Machine Wizard</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Select the radio button "Installer disc image file (iso):"</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click the Browse Button.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Navigate to where you BT5 iso is located.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Select the BT5 iso</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click Next</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaw_86k-eA2MmbdA1zQMRDoZPGp5dL29OQTINaMRK5eVbdGGtTcWlRJuabW3ypUeHcRiffCsQppx0qDVAUUQ3v6WwcxXqR7Mxf_CaQQ6lowmCe4aBNWVUTPhMGUJ-8NVUS3QsMMjktmiM/s1600/install+backtrack+5+in+Vmware++(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaw_86k-eA2MmbdA1zQMRDoZPGp5dL29OQTINaMRK5eVbdGGtTcWlRJuabW3ypUeHcRiffCsQppx0qDVAUUQ3v6WwcxXqR7Mxf_CaQQ6lowmCe4aBNWVUTPhMGUJ-8NVUS3QsMMjktmiM/s1600/install+backtrack+5+in+Vmware++(3).jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">New Virtual Machine Wizard</span></span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Virtual machine name: BackTrack5R1</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Location: In my case, <span style="background-color: yellow; font-weight: 700;">I saved it to my USB drive</span>, located in H:\BackTrack5R1\ </span></li><li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Select Next</span></li></ol><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPO34zjYQYspRTKp1iyqWMRpA1ZM6GSHwq9FFuCUuXtyOKC6QkKN3j2UbKXtxBwMOoHVAvrIlOBKQLhdXsn41uoFEDGBn_7tUKOOMGwWgVcMQp63jG1GrbUCgoFEdQIhExW-OS-8sfy0/s1600/install+backtrack+5+in+Vmware++(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPO34zjYQYspRTKp1iyqWMRpA1ZM6GSHwq9FFuCUuXtyOKC6QkKN3j2UbKXtxBwMOoHVAvrIlOBKQLhdXsn41uoFEDGBn_7tUKOOMGwWgVcMQp63jG1GrbUCgoFEdQIhExW-OS-8sfy0/s1600/install+backtrack+5+in+Vmware++(4).jpg" /></a><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></div></li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span>  <span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">New Virtual Machine Wizard</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Maximum disk size (GB): For our purposes use 20GB.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Radio Button:  Store virtual disk as an single file</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Select Next </span></li></ol><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0XGvlQXNwstIdNRnUdtMus-0PIjFlgIGVWN4K5AmsOcRs1pD4-Jqza2BBXCqX4BX7uugXUhc0qJ9GnCBD1Q8rZSLX1itbTo8ugJ39mVtCspeyqmvCAipDLBH5YFi45KWYR5FKslyRME/s1600/install+backtrack+5+in+Vmware++(5).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju0XGvlQXNwstIdNRnUdtMus-0PIjFlgIGVWN4K5AmsOcRs1pD4-Jqza2BBXCqX4BX7uugXUhc0qJ9GnCBD1Q8rZSLX1itbTo8ugJ39mVtCspeyqmvCAipDLBH5YFi45KWYR5FKslyRME/s1600/install+backtrack+5+in+Vmware++(5).jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Courier New;">New Virtual Machine Wizard</span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click on the "Customize Hardware..." button</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: Courier New;"></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: Courier New;"></span><div></div><div></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXNZcr-cqTcT_xw3KG-pLnPKC-Y8EooBFS1OTm4V-k_wxayM2RJcEaDdJAwKf-OGXPi1aqV_DVaR9K0lLo33UxrZ7g_KkwxRexFFJmsDhAwkMg8WjASBajIrfFivilox82mXy7naFDyM/s1600/install+backtrack+5+in+Vmware++(6).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXNZcr-cqTcT_xw3KG-pLnPKC-Y8EooBFS1OTm4V-k_wxayM2RJcEaDdJAwKf-OGXPi1aqV_DVaR9K0lLo33UxrZ7g_KkwxRexFFJmsDhAwkMg8WjASBajIrfFivilox82mXy7naFDyM/s1600/install+backtrack+5+in+Vmware++(6).jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: Courier New;">New Virtual Machine Wizard</span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click on Memory (which is highlighted in blue)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click on 512 MB. (Recommended is 1024 MB, but not really needed for lab purposes).</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Do <span style="color: red;"><b>not</b></span> click on OK</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrRUNTSrC5DwgqDSlZGeAnH9wLzpuSpa8wC0dJ-Z_C7uHJCUiSBADWGKBx5FEo6231xPCvI299VGjrohOCwvOa2XoT80osX72dtzNUrgS9KAW-aQEPJQHeCODZ2L1QARNQtywsZdgQ2w/s1600/install+backtrack+5+in+Vmware++(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrRUNTSrC5DwgqDSlZGeAnH9wLzpuSpa8wC0dJ-Z_C7uHJCUiSBADWGKBx5FEo6231xPCvI299VGjrohOCwvOa2XoT80osX72dtzNUrgS9KAW-aQEPJQHeCODZ2L1QARNQtywsZdgQ2w/s1600/install+backtrack+5+in+Vmware++(2).jpg" /></a></li></ul><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Courier New;">New Virtual Machine Wizard</span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click on Network Adapter</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click on "Bridged: Connected directly to the physical network"</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click OK.</span><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></li></ol><span style="font-family: Courier New;"></span></li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ofXaVCvXb7V0TMJYvUpzpMumwq3NPN6peyE0K17rfPKrYjRHDfrKb3hQv-9t9nZZks6fSJt4EPs8us5vihS6a6dg2n2ZuI7wpNZm-Iac7VvBARXG_tDVIEypXct9ETDU2PfpWMX-G5g/s1600/install+backtrack+5+in+Vmware++(7).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ofXaVCvXb7V0TMJYvUpzpMumwq3NPN6peyE0K17rfPKrYjRHDfrKb3hQv-9t9nZZks6fSJt4EPs8us5vihS6a6dg2n2ZuI7wpNZm-Iac7VvBARXG_tDVIEypXct9ETDU2PfpWMX-G5g/s1600/install+backtrack+5+in+Vmware++(7).jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click on the Finish button.</span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;"> </span></b><b></b><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click the Customize Hardware... button</span></li></ol><span style="font-family: Courier New;">  </span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Start the Boot Process</span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Press Enter</span></li></ol></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: Courier New;">BackTrack Live CD</span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Select "BackTrack Text - Default Boot Text Mode"</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Press <Enter></span></li></ol><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></li></ul><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Bring up the GNOME</span></span><ul><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Type startx</span></li></ol></li></ul><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></div><div> <b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">Install BackTrack to Harddrive</span></b> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Install BackTrack to Harddrive </span><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions: </span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Option 1: Double Click on the icon labeled "Install BackTrack"</span><ul><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">OR</span></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Option 2: System --> Administration --> Install BackTrack Live </span></li></ol><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></li></ul><ol><li value="2"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Select Language</span><ul><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">In my case: English.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click Forward</span></li></ol></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Select Language</span><ul><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> (In my case)</span><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Region: English</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Time Zone: United States (Chicago)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click Forward</span></li></ol></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Select Language</span><ul><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> (In my case)</span><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Suggested option: USA</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click Forward</span></li></ol></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Select Language</span><ul><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Select "Erase and use the entire disk"</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Select Forward</span></li></ol></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">OR Note (This is optional)</span><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">If you select "Specify partitions manually", then you can create you own file systems layout.</span><ul><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">/     - 2000 MB</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">/boot - 500  MB</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">swap  - 1280 MB (Double Memory)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">/tmp  - 1000 MB</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">/home - 2000 MB</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">/var  - 2000 MB</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">/usr  - 3000 MB</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Then use the rest as needed using volume management.</span></li></ul></li></ol></li></ul><br /></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Select Language</span><ul><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click on Install</span></li></ol></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Informational</span><ul><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Note(FYI):</span></b> </span><ul><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">The installation process will take between 10 and 45 minutes depending on your systems resources.</span></li></ul></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Consistency Reboot</span><ul><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click on Restart Now</span></li></ol></li></ul></li></ol><br /> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%px;"> <tbody><tr> <td bgcolor="#336699"><b> <span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;">Section 3. Login to BackTrack</span></b></td> </tr></tbody></table><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Edit Virtual Machine Settings</span><ul><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Virtual Machine --> Virtual Machine Settings...</span></li></ol></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Edit CD/DVD (IDE)</span><ul><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Select CD/DVD (IDE)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click on Use physical drive:</span><ul><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Select Auto detect</span></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click the OK Button</span></li></ol></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Login to BackTrack</span><ul><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Login: root</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Password: <b><span style="color: red;">toor</span></b></span></li></ol></li></ul><br /></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Bring up the GNOME</span><ul><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Type startx</span></li></ol></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Bring up a console terminal</span><ul><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Click on the Terminal Console Icon</span></li></ol></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Change root's password</span><ul><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">passwd root</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Use our standard class password</span></li></ol></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Create a student account and set password</span><ul><li><b><span style="color: red; font-family: Courier New;">Instructions:</span></b><ol><li><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;">useradd -m -d /home/student -c "Security Student" -s /bin/bash student</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">passwd student</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Courier New;">Use our standard class password</span></li></ol></li></ul></li></ol><span style="font-family: Courier New;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br /> <ul style="text-align: left;"></ul></div></div></div>

Installing BackTrack 5 R1

What is BackTrack5 BackTrack is an operating system based on the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution aimed at digital forensics and penetration ...

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