Parrot Security OS

Parrot Security OS
Developer Lorenzo Faletra, Lisetta Ferrero, Francesco Bonanno, Frozenbox network
OS family POSIX based on Debian
Working state Current
Source model Open source
Initial release 10 April 2013 (2013-04-10)
Latest release 3.2 / October 15, 2016 (2016-10-15)
Update method Rolling Release
Package manager APT
Platforms i386 (x86), amd64 (x86-64), ARM
Kernel type Monolithic
Default user interface MATE Desktop Environment
License Free software, mainly the GNU GPL
Official website www.parrotsec.org

Parrot Security OS (or ParrotSec) is a GNU/LINUX distribution based on Debian.[1] It is designed for penetration testing (computer security), Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation, Computer Forensics and Anonymous Web Browsing. It is developed by the Frozenbox Team.

Target

ParrotSec is thought to give a light environment, highly compatible and complete. It offers many contents about web and computer systems analysis, a lab directed towards forensic digital use, with legally recognized tools and the opportunity to work with cryptography, offering a large set of possibility. Moreover, it allows you to surf and work anonymously.

Core

Parrot is based on Debian's testing branch (stretch), with a custom hardened linux 4.6 kernel with a grsecurity patched branch available. It follows a development line of rolling release kind.

The desktop environment is MATE, and the default display manager is LightDM.[1]

The project is certified to run over machines which have 256MB of RAM at least and it is suitable to both 32bit (i386) and 64bit (amd64).[2] Moreover, the project is available for ARMv7 (armhf) architectures. It even offers an edition (both 32bit and 64bit)[3] developed for servers only to carry out cloud pentesting.

Release frequency

The development team has not specified any official release frequency, but basing on the versions release changelog and on the notes provided by the official review of the distro, the project release frequency is going to be monthly.

Releases

Date Version Codename
2013-06-10 The project was born
2013-06-17 Parrot 0.1 Pre alpha
2013-06-22 Parrot 0.2 Pre alpha
2013-06-30 Parrot 0.3 Pre alpha
2013-07-10 Parrot 0.4 Pre alpha
2013-08-22 Parrot 0.5 Alpha
2013-10-21 Parrot 0.6 Alpha
2013-11-12 Parrot 0.6.5 Alpha
2013-12-06 Parrot 0.7 Pre beta
2014-01-12 Parrot 0.8 Beta
2014-01-24 Parrot 0.8.1 Beta
2014-03-05 Parrot 0.8.2 Beta
2014-04-17 Parrot 0.8.4 Beta
2014-06-25 Parrot 0.9 Final beta
2014-07-21 Parrot 1.0 Hydrogen
2014-09-02 Parrot 1.1 Asphalt Dragon
2014-09-11 Parrot 1.2 Asphalt Dragon
2014-10-22 Parrot 1.4 JailBird
2014-11-06 Parrot 1.4.2 JailBird
2014-12-12 Parrot 1.6 JailBird
2015-02-05 Parrot 1.7 CyberLizard
2015-02-21 Parrot 1.8 CyberLizard
2015-04-04 Parrot 1.9 CyberLizard
2015-09-12 Parrot 2.0 Helium
2015-09-15 Parrot 2.0.1 Helium
2015-10-06 Parrot 2.0.4 Helium
2015-10-17 Parrot 2.0.5 Helium
2016-01-16 Parrot 2.1 Murdock
2016-02-25 Parrot 2.2 Glitch
2016-06-18 Parrot 3.0 Lithium
2016-07-26 Parrot 3.1 Defcon
2016-10-15 Parrot 3.2 CyberSloop

Notes

  1. 1 2 Prabhu, Vijay (15 October 2016). "Parrot Security 3.2 "CyberSloop" Ethical Hacking OS With Linux Kernel 4.7 Released". Techworm.net. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  2. Adarsh Verma (30 May 2016). "Parrot Security OS 3.0 "Lithium" — Best Kali Linux Alternative Coming With New Features". fossBytes. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  3. "Downloads Page". Parrot Security. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
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