new builds , a specialized distribution for security research and system vulnerability examination. The distribution is based on the Arch Linux package system and includes security-related utilities. The maintained project package repository is compatible with Arch Linux and can be used in regular installations of Arch Linux. The builds as a Live image of 14 GB (x86_64) and a reduced image for network installation (500 MB).
For graphical environments, window managers such as fluxbox, openbox, awesome, wmii, i3, and
spectrwm are offered as options. The distribution can operate in Live mode, but also develops its own installer with capabilities for building from source code. In addition to the x86_64 architecture, packages in the repository are also built for ARMv6, ARMv7, and Aarch64 systems, and can be installed from .
Key Changes:
- Includes 150 new programs;
- Linux kernel updated to version 5.6.14 (previously using branch 5.4);
- The network configurator wicd has been replaced with wifi-radar (GUI) and wifi-menu (console wrapper over netctl);
- The iptables/ip6tables service has been disabled;
- Unused virtualbox services removed (drag’n’drop, vmsvga-x11);
- Installer updated (blackarch-installer 1.1.45);
- All system packages, window managers (awesome, fluxbox, openbox), vim plugins, and tools specific to BlackArch have been updated.
Source: opennet.ru
