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nUbuntu
nUbuntu
Developer	Brendan Almonte, Emanuele Gentili, Jayson Beitler
OS family	Linux
Working state	Discontinued
Source model	Open source
Latest release	8.12 / December 16, 2008 (2008-12-16)
Kernel type	Linux (Unix-like)
Default user interface	Fluxbox
License	Mainly GNU / Various
Official website	www.nubuntu.org (Closed)

nUbuntu or Network Ubuntu was a project to take the existing Ubuntu operating system LiveCD and Full Installer and remaster it with tools needed for penetration testing servers and networks. The main idea is to keep Ubuntu's ease of use and mix it with popular penetration testing tools. Besides usage for network and server testing, nUbuntu will be made to be a desktop distribution for advanced Linux users.

Contents

nUbuntu uses the light window manager Fluxbox.

It includes some of the most used security programs for Linux, such as Wireshark, nmap, dSniff, and Ettercap.

History

• 2005-12-18 - nUbuntu Project is born, developers release Testing 1
• 2006-01-16 - nUbuntu Live developers release Stable 1
• 2006-06-26 - nUbuntu Live developers release version 6.06
• 2006-10-16 - nUbuntu featured in Hacker Japan Archived 2006-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, a Japanese Hacker Magazine Archived 2010-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
• 2006-11-21 - nUbuntu Live developers release version 6.10

As of April 4, 2010, the official website is closed with no explanation.

Releases

Below is a list of previous and current releases.

Version	Release date	Release name
Stable 1	2006-01-16	nUbuntu Live
Stable	2006-06-26	6.06
Stable	2006-11-21	6.10
Alpha	2008-07-16	8.04
Alpha	2008-10-30	8.10
Beta	2008-12-17	8.12 Instigating Insecurity

Further reading

• Russ McRee (Nov 2007) Security testing with nUbuntu, Linux Magazine, issue 84