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The best forensic and pentesting Linux distros make it simple and easy to find weaknesses in your network. They also help you to ward off unwanted attention from bad actors, to spot potential security weaknesses in your IT infrastructure to enable adequate measures to harden the network periphery.

The good news is that the most popular and best tools for the job are open source. And the even better news is that there are several projects that create specialized Live distros that bundle these tools and will help you identify the weaknesses in your network. 

We’ve analyzed various distros to find the best forensic and pentesting Linux distros for you. We looked at the distro’s hardware requirements, how lightweight it was, whether it was available for 32-bit and 64-bit systems, and the documentation. Other than the existing documentation, we assessed the quality of third-party documentation, like books, video tutorials, and online forums. We also considered the simplicity of the user interface, the range of security and analysis tools they offered, and whether the internet traffic is routed through the Tor network.