CrunchPwn

CrunchPwn (also known as #Pwn Linux) is an open source, free, easy to install, and lightweight Linux operating system based on the Debian GNU/Linux distribution. It uses the default software repositories of the CrunchBang Linux distro.

It is a penetration testing distribution of Linux that provides users with a large toolset, as well as various Debian packages, which also work with any Debian Wheezy compliant Linux kernel-based operating system. It uses the minimalistic Openbox window manager.

Distributed as a 64-bit Live DVD

The CrunchPwn operating system is distributed as a single, bootable Live DVD ISO image that includes software packages optimized only for the 64-bit (amd64) CPU architecture. The default username is user, and the default password is crunchpwn.

Users can write the ISO image, which has approximately 1.5 GB in size, on a blank or RW DVD discs using any CD/DVD burning software, or on a USB flash drive of 2GB or higher capacity, which can be later used to boot the operating system from the BIOS of a PC.

Offers minimal boot menu and graphical session

The CrunchPwn distributions offers a minimal boot menu that includes only two options, the ability to start the live system with normal configuration or in failsafe mode, as well as a minimal graphical session based on the Openbox window manager.

You will be dropped to a login screen, so don’t hesitate to use the aforementioned credentials to log into the live session. The desktop environment is extremely simple and clean, a true definition of minimalism, comprised of a slim taskbar (panel) located on the bottom edge of the screen, so you can easily interact with running program or access essential system functions.

Comes pre-loaded with a wide range of penetrations testing tools

As mentioned, the main emphasis of CrunchPwn is on penetration testing options, which means that it includes a wide range of penetrations testing tools that can be easily accessed from the #pwn entry in the main menu, which is accessible by right-clicking anywhere on the desktop.

The tools are well-organized in categories, which include stress testing, forensics, exploitation, recon, connectivity, tunneling and cracking. These are the main categories, but numerous subcategories are available for each one of them.