My preferred linux distros. Wireless auditory

Hello there,

Long time ago from my last post, there were too many changes in my life but finally I'm back :)

Today we are here to discuss about current linux live distros for wireless auditory.

There were many changes during this while, lots of linux flavours with many wireless audit tools already installed and ready to run live, persistent or installed on your hard disks but today I will write for my favourites.

• Xiaopan OS (the tiny one)
• WifiWay / WifiSlax (actually, the same)
• Kali (huge, a beast)

The tiny one, Xiaopan OS

Xiaopan Logo

You can download the ISO file from http://sourceforge.net/projects/xiaopanos/   just ~70 Mb and all the info about it at http://xiaopan.co/


From it's own website we get this comments:

Xiaopan OS is an easy to use security and penetration testing with a collection of wireless security and forensics tools. It includes a number of advanced tools for network administrators, security professionals and home users to test the strength of their wireless networks and eliminate any vulnerabilities.
Xiaopan (0.4.7.2 is the latest)

I've tested this distro three times:
The first one: my desktop computer, It worked great live from my USB device, I tested many tools and opcions, all working fine. It's tiny but powerful.
The second one with my laptop, it was unable to detect my wireless network interface, testing tons of "solutions" from the Xiaopan forums, end of story :(
The last one: With my girlfriend's notebook, same as the previous one, wireless interface not detected.

So, my conclusion is that Xiaopan is a very light linux distribution full of options and utilities but it needs a few more controllers and drivers to be widely compatible to many computers and devices. It will be great in the near future, I hope.

WifiWay / WifiSlax

These are awesome linux distributions that I love, it's light enough to be stored in a cheap USB device but has drivers, utilities....  enough to be a great penetration testing linux distribution.

WifiSlax Logo

We can call them the twin distributions, you can test both of them, they are likely the same but from time to time one of them releases a new version, so, I switch between them properly.

You can download it from http://www.wifislax.com/category/download/nuevas-versiones/
Its website has many tutorials and news it Spanish but you'll be able to translate it with no problem, all of them are plenty of photos and videos where you can find all then info you may need.

Both distributions will work great both live or persistent (obviously installed too). I used to test many linux distributions but I'm always  back to WifiSlax when I need to do something important, with no problems, no issues, just working quick and fine.

Kali

It's, (said by their own website) the rebirth of BackTrack, if you know, that's the only presentation that it needs.
BackTrack was the best well-known penetration testing linux distribution in the world, everybody loved it; and now, everybody should love Kali too.

I say that because there are a few changes in the way it works (most of them have improved it) but there are many nostalgic people who misses backtrack.

Kali Logo

You can download Kali here https://www.kali.org/downloads/



 There are many Kali versions, for 32 bit, 64 bit, for ARMEL chips, for ARMHF chips... eventualy you have the chance to download the core and build a custom version for your own.


In summary, it's a huge linux looking at the tools, functions, utilities... it has all you will need for seven lifes! But, it's (from my point) too big for live USB. I mean, it works live from USB but it's not as responsive and quick like WifiSlax



I always love to summarize with images to make things easier to think, that's my view of these distros:

WifiSlax

Xiaopan

Kali

Xiaopan, you'll feel like Bart Simpson
WifiSlax, quick and effective.
Kali, huge and powerful.

In the next post I will write about how to make your own linux USB bootable.

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