The Parrot Security OS (or ParrotSec) is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian. Developed for Penetration Testing (Computer Security), Vulnerability and Mitigation Assessment, Computer Forensics and Anonymous Surfing. Created by the Italian Frozenbox Team.
ParrotSec or Parrot Security OS προσφέρει πολλά εργαλεία για ανάλυση περιεχόμενου στο web και συστημάτων ηλεκτρονικών υπολογιστών. Είναι ένα εργαστήριο για Forensics ψηφιακή χρήση, με νομικώς αναγνωρισμένα εργαλεία που συνεργάζονται με κρυπτογραφία, προσφέροντας πάρα πολλές δυνατότητες. Επιπλέον, σας επιτρέπει να σερφάρετε και να εργαστείτε ανώνυμα.
Parrot 3.7 is based on the Debian GNU/Linux 10 “Buster” testing distribution for the first time, and uses the Debian Testing repositories. with an adapted for more security linux 4.xx Kernel. Distribution is rolling release.
The new version is called CyberSloop and comes with an updated Linux Kernel in the release 4.11.
The interface is MATE, a fork of Gnome 2, and the default display manager is a LightDM.
The program is certified to run on systems that have at least 265Mb of RAM and is suitable for both 32bit (i386) and 64bit (amd64). It also has a special version that works on old 32bit (486) machines. Additionally, the program is available for armel and armhf architectures. It also has a version (32bit and 64bit) developed for servers to realize Cloud pentesting.
The development team has not exactly identified the frequency of official releases, but according to the changelog of the releases that have already been released, the distribution frequency is monthly. Please note that this release was released after 7 weeks from 3.6 release.
