1. Configuring BackTrack Michael Holcomb, CISSP Upstate ISSA Chapter

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

3. Login BackTrack 5 automatically logs in as root root@bt:~#

4. Change Your Password Change password root@bt:~# passwd Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password:

5. Configuring an IP Address Display IP address settings ifconfig Configure static IP settings ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.114/24 route add default gw 192.168.1.254 Configure DNS server echo nameserver 192.168.1.254 > /etc/resolv.conf

6. Configuring an IP Address Configure IP to be retained update-rc.d networking defaults /etc/init.d/networking restart

7. Updating Backtrack Update application index apt-get update Upgrade existing applications apt-get upgrade

8. Backtrack Services SSH Snort Other Services

9. SSH Generate RSA keys sshd-generate Start the SSH service /etc/init.d/ssh start service ssh start Configure SSH to start at boot update-rc.d –f ssh defaults

10. Snort Start the snort service Edit the snort configuration file vim /etc/snort/snort.conf var HOME_NET 192.168.1.0/24 Restart service service snort restart Running Snort snort –q –A console –i eth0 –c /etc/snort/snort.conf

11. Other Services GPSD  GPS interface daemon HTTPD  Apache MySQLD  MySQL database PCSCD  RFID interface daemon

12. Folder Structure root@bt:/pentestroot@bt:/pentest# ls backdoors exploits passwords scanners voip bluetooth forensics python sniffers web cisco fuzzers reporting stressing windows-binaries database libs reverse-engineering telephony wireless enumeration misc rfid tunneling

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