Live CD's for penetration testing are becoming more prevalent these days, with a wider diversity of offerings. Live CD's allow testers the ability to run pre configured tools from operating systems they might not otherwise have easy access to. A live CD comes with a full operating system and several tools already installed on them. Of course, with virtualization technology becoming available, it is easy to run multiple virtual environments specifically crafted for certain tasks. Utilizing live CD's to either directly boot your machine or from a virtual environment, gives penetration testers maximum flexibility in operating systems and tools at their disposal.
The best know live CD for penetration testing is Backtrack (now at version 3). Backtrack is a wonderful CD that includes lots of tools for all sorts of penetration testing. Backtrack followed closely on the heels of other special purpose live CD's, such as Helix - a live CD aimed at forensic analysis and Knoppix STD, which was one of the first information security centric live CDs.
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