The Offensive Security team created a fork of http://alternativeto.net/software/backtrack/ named Kali Linux, a Debian-derived Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and penetration testing.
Kali Linux is preinstalled with numerous penetration-testing programs, including http://alternativeto.net/software/nmap/ (a port scanner), http://alternativeto.net/software/wireshark/ (a packet analyzer), http://alternativeto.net/software/john-the-ripper/ (a password cracker), and http://alternativeto.net/software/aircrack-ng/ (a software suite for penetration-testing wireless LANs). Users may run Kali Linux from a hard disk, live CD, or live USB. It is a supported platform of the Metasploit Project's Metasploit Framework, a tool for developing and executing security exploits.
Kali Linux is distributed in 32- and 64-bit images for use on hosts based on the x86 instruction set, as well as an image for the ARM architecture for use on the Raspberry Pi computer and on Samsung's ARM Chromebook.
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