The "nopcmcia" option was removed from savemode. A
new kernel was built. New applications were added,
including Nasty (a GPG secret key bruteforcer),
aireply (airforge), Exploit tree, Kwifimanager,
lsrscan, SMBspy, and a version of gpsd with better
USB support. BIND 9 was added again. New drivers
and patches were added for RTC support in the
kernel, prism54, madwifi, hostap, and wlanng
patched for packet injection. Bugfixes were made
for the John default files. PCMCIA configuration
for other cards was added. Some scripts were
fixed.
Some of the boot framebuffer pictures were removed, leaving only the kanotix bootsplash. The key layout selection was removed because KDE can switch layouts on the fly. All default Knoppix/Kanotix boot parameters now work. Sound card detection was reintroduced. The desktop was switched to a stripped KDE installation. A new background and menu structure were provided. New applications were included.
This version updates the boot and background graphics, and
the boot procedures. It adds boot parameters for skipping
the keyboard selection dialog. It disables the soundcard
detection on default. The size of the terminals of applications
have been modified. A "Digital forensics" section has been
added, as has a "Honeypot" section. There are massive
changes in the wireless menu, new wireless tools for WEP
cracking and WPA bruteforcing. Many new tools were added
and updated where needed. Nessus plugins are now
updatable using a memory stick.
Keyboard mapping is choosable during boot. ZIP compression is used. Booting from a USB CD-ROM device is supported now. There is a new boot menu and new resolutions, Linux 2.6.6, new WLAN drivers, better support for newer Orinoco firmware, Dragorn's Orinoco monitor mode patch, better ACPI support, ALSA 1.0.4, a new hydra version including a nice GUI (XHydra), and a new Wellenreiter version that supports all cards again. Kismet now scans all 14 channels as its default setting. The Metasploit framework has been added, and IPW2100 centrino cards optimized. Nessus plugins have been upgraded. There are some bugfixes.
