Configuring BackTrack

Michael Holcomb, CISSP

Upstate ISSA Chapter

Agenda

Login Change Your Password Configuring an IP Address Updating Backtrack Backtrack Services Folder Structure

Login

BackTrack 5 automatically logs in as root

root@bt:~#

Change Your Password

Change password

root@bt:~# passwdEnter new UNIX password:Retype new UNIX password:

Configuring an IP Address

Display IP address settings

ifconfig Configure static IP settings

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.114/24route add default gw 192.168.1.254

Configure DNS serverecho nameserver 192.168.1.254 >

/etc/resolv.conf

Configuring an IP Address

Configure IP to be retained

update-rc.d networking defaults

/etc/init.d/networking restart

Updating Backtrack

Update application index

apt-get update Upgrade existing applications

apt-get upgrade

Backtrack Services

SSH Snort Other Services

SSH

Generate RSA keyssshd-generate

Start the SSH service/etc/init.d/ssh startservice ssh start

Configure SSH to start at bootupdate-rc.d –f ssh defaults

Snort

Start the snort service Edit the snort configuration file

vim /etc/snort/snort.confvar HOME_NET 192.168.1.0/24

Restart serviceservice snort restart

Running Snortsnort –q –A console –i eth0 –c

/etc/snort/snort.conf

Other Services

GPSD GPS interface daemon

HTTPD Apache

MySQLD MySQL database

PCSCD RFID interface daemon

Folder Structure

root@bt:/pentest# lsbackdoors    exploits   passwords  scanners   voipbluetooth    forensics  python    sniffers    webcisco        fuzzers     reporting     stressing 

windows-binaries database      libs      

reverse-engineering  telephony wirelessenumeration  misc        rfid       tunneling

Bookmarks

snort.org emergingthreats.net irongeek.com hak5.org