
In addition, an anonymous surfing mode is available for those who don't want to be traced. Most of the penetration testing tools can be found under the Parrot entry of the main menu, where they're organized in subsections.

Among the included applications, we can mention TrueCrypt, Ettercap, Iceweasel, Vidalia, Wireshark, VLC Media Player, RecordMyDesktop, BleachBit, XRCed, P圜rust, aircrack-ng, Hydra, Nmap, and many others. You will need to login with the root/toor username and password combination.

It provides users with a traditional desktop environment comprised of two panels, a top one for accessing the main menu and launching applications, as well as a bottom one for interacting with running programs and switching between virtual workspaces. MATE is in charge of the graphical session inside the Parrot security OS operating system. Traditional, yet beautifully designed desktop environment
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The project is available for download on the dedicated section (see above) as two Live DVD ISO images, one for each of the supported hardware platforms (64-bit/amd64 and 32-bit/i386), designed to be written to USB sticks or burned onto DVD discs.įrom the boot prompt, users will be able to start the live environment with default settings, in failsafe mode, in forensic mode, view details about the hardware components of your computer, as well as to install the distribution using the graphical or text-mode installer. Availability, supported architectures, boot options

As its developers describe, it is a masterpiece that gathers together all the necessary tools for hacking, penetration testing, security and privacy tasks. Parrot Security OS is an open source distribution of Linux based on the well known and award winning Debian GNU/Linux operating system.
