Neopwn is a Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

 network penetration testing

Penetration test

A penetration test, occasionally pentest, is a method of evaluating the security of a computer system or network by simulating an attack from malicious outsiders and malicious insiders...

 operating system, publicly available on a mobile phone

Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...

 platform. It was officially released on September 20, 2008.

Hardware

The core hardware platform on which Neopwn runs is the Openmoko Neo Freerunner

Neo FreeRunner

The Neo FreeRunner is an open source smartphone that is developed by the Openmoko project and manufactured by FIC...

. It allows for other USB hardware and peripherals to be integrated, such as USB WLAN

Wireless LAN

A wireless local area network links two or more devices using some wireless distribution method , and usually providing a connection through an access point to the wider internet. This gives users the mobility to move around within a local coverage area and still be connected to the network...

 cards whose GPL drivers allow for monitor mode

Monitor mode

Monitor mode, or RFMON mode, allows a computer with a wireless network interface controller to monitor all traffic received from the wireless network. Unlike promiscuous mode, which is also used for packet sniffing, monitor mode allows packets to be captured without having to associate with an...

 and packet injection

Packet injection

Packet injection is a computer networking term which refers to sending a packet on a network into an already established connection, usually by a party not otherwise participating in the said connection. This is accomplished by crafting a packet using raw sockets...

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Software

The Neopwn operating system is Debian

Debian

Debian is a computer operating system composed of software packages released as free and open source software primarily under the GNU General Public License along with other free software licenses. Debian GNU/Linux, which includes the GNU OS tools and Linux kernel, is a popular and influential...

 (ARMEL) based, running a customized Linux

Linux

Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...

 2.6.24 kernel to optimize many of the operations carried out on the Freerunner hardware. The menu system of Neopwn resembles that of BackTrack Linux in its organization and structure.

Applications

Neopwn runs many network penetration testing applications, such as Aircrack-ng

Aircrack-ng

Aircrack-ng is a network software suite consisting of a detector, packet sniffer, WEP and WPA/WPA2-PSK cracker and analysis tool for 802.11 wireless LANs. It works with any wireless network interface controller whose driver supports raw monitoring mode and can sniff 802.11a, 802.11b and 802.11g...

, Ettercap

Ettercap (computing)

Ettercap is a free and open source network security tool for man-in-the-middle attacks on LAN. It can be used for computer network protocol analysis and security auditing. It runs on various Unix-like operating systems including Linux, Mac OS X, BSD and Solaris, and on Microsoft Windows...

, Kismet, Metasploit, Nmap

Nmap

Nmap is a security scanner originally written by Gordon Lyon used to discover hosts and services on a computer network, thus creating a "map" ofthe network...

, and Wireshark

Wireshark

Wireshark is a free and open-source packet analyzer. It is used for network troubleshooting, analysis, software and communications protocol development, and education...

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