Parrot OS
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| Developer | Lorenzo "Palinuro" Faletra Parrot Dev Team |
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| OS family | POSIX based on Debian GNU/Linux |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Open source |
| Initial release | 10 April 2013 |
| Latest release | 4.10 / August 16, 2020 |
| Update method | Rolling Release |
| Package manager | APT |
| Platforms | amd64 (x86-64), ARM |
| Kernel type | Monolithic |
| Default user interface | MATE Desktop Environment KDE Desktop Environment |
| License | Free software, mainly the GNU GPL and Creative_Commons |
| Official website | parrotsec.org, parrot.sh, parrotlinux.org |
Parrot OS is a GNU/Linux distribution based on Debian with a focus on security, privacy, and development. Parrot OS is also used by many penetration testers.
Core
Parrot is based on Debian's testing branch (Bullseye), with a Linux 5.8 kernel. It follows a rolling release development model.[1]
The desktop environments are MATE and KDE, and the default display manager is LightDM.[2][3]
The system is certified to run on devices which have a minimum of 256MB of RAM, and it is suitable for both 32-bit (i386) and 64-bit (amd64) processor architectures.[4] Moreover, the project is available for ARMv7 (armhf) architectures.
In June 2017, the Parrot Team announced they were considering to change from Debian to Devuan, mainly because of problems with systemd.[5]
As of January 21st, 2019, the Parrot team has begun to phase out the development of their 32-bit (i386) ISO.[6]
In August 2020, the Parrot OS officially supports Lightweight Xfce Desktop.[7]
Editions
Parrot has multiple editions that are based upon Debian, with various desktop environments available.
Parrot Security
Parrot is intended to provide a suite of penetration testing tools to be used for attack mitigation, security research, forensics, and vulnerability assessment.[8]
It is designed for penetration testing, vulnerability assessment and mitigation, computer forensics and anonymous web browsing.
Parrot Home
Parrot Home is the base edition of Parrot designed for daily use, and it targets regular users who need a "lightweight" system on their laptops or workstations.
The distribution is useful for daily work. Parrot Home also includes programs to chat privately with people, encrypt documents, or browse the internet anonymously. The system can also be used as a starting point to build a systemd not apimage non lock sys
Parrot ARM
Parrot ARM is a lightweight Parrot release for embedded systems. It is currently available for Raspberry Pi devices.
Parrot OS Tools
There are multiple Tools in Parrot OS which are specially designed for Security Researchers and are related to penetration testing. A few of them are listed below, more can be found on the official website.
Tor
Tor, also known as The Onion Router, is a distributed network that anonymizes Internet browsing. It is designed in a way that the IP Address of the client using Tor is hidden from the server that the client is visiting. Also, the data and other details are hidden from the client’s Internet Service Provider (ISP). Tor network uses hops to encrypt the data between the client and the server. Tor network and Tor browser are pre-installed and configured in Parrot OS.
Onion Share
Onion Share is an open-source utility that can be used to share files of any size over the Tor network securely and anonymously. Onion Share then generates a long random URL that can be used by the recipient to download the file over the TOR network using TOR browser.
AnonSurf
Anonsurf is a utility that makes the operating system communication go over Tor or other anonymizing networks. According to Parrot, AnonSurf secures your web browser and anonymizes your IP.
Release frequency
The development team has not specified any official release timeline, but based on release changelogs and the notes included in the official review of the distribution, the project will be released on a monthly basis.
Releases
| Date | Version | Codename |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-06-10 | The project was started | |
| 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 |
| 2016-12-25 | Parrot 3.3 | CyberBrig |
| 2017-01-01 | Parrot 3.4 | CyberFrigate |
| 2017-01-02 | Parrot 3.4.1 | CyberFrigate |
| 2017-03-08 | Parrot 3.5 | CyberGalleon |
| 2017-05-18 | Parrot 3.6 | JollyRoger |
| 2017-07-09 | Parrot 3.7 | JollyRoger |
| 2017-09-12 | Parrot 3.8 | JollyRoger |
| 2017-10-15 | Parrot 3.9 | Intruder |
| 2017-12-15 | Parrot 3.10 | Intruder |
| 2018-01-29 | Parrot 3.11 | Intruder |
| 2018-05-21 | Parrot 4.0 | stable |
| 2018-06-04 | Parrot 4.1 | stable |
| 2018-09-11 | Parrot 4.22 | stable |
| 2018-11-03 | Parrot 4.3 | stable |
| 2018-11-25 | Parrot 4.4 | stable |
| 2019-01-21 | Parrot 4.5 | stable |
| 2019-01-27 | Parrot 4.5.1 | stable |
| 2019-04-26 | Parrot 4.6 | stable |
| 2019-09-18 | Parrot 4.7 | stable |
| 2020-03-20 | Parrot 4.8 | stable |
| 2020-04-30 | Parrot 4.9 | stable |
| 2020-08-16 | Parrot 4.10 | stable |
See also
- BackBox
- BlackArch
- Devuan
- Kali Linux
- List of digital forensic tools
- Security-focused operating system
Notes
- ^ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Parrot Security OS". distrowatch.com. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Parrot, Team. "The advanced system for security experts, developers and crypto-addicted people". Parrot OS. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- ^ Adarsh Verma (30 May 2016). "Parrot Security OS 3.0 "Lithium" — Best Kali line Alternative Coming With New Features". fossBytes. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
- ^ Marius Nestor (11 June 2017). "Parrot Security OS Ethical Hacking Distro Considers Ditching Debian for Devuan; systemd could be the main reason for this decision". Softpedia. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
- ^ "Parrot 4.5 release notes". Parrot Project Blog. 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
- ^ "Parrot OS 4.10 Released, Now Officially Supports Lightweight Xfce Desktop". 2020-08-17. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ "Parrot Security Could Be Your Next Security Tool". Linux.com | The source for Linux information. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
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