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+# Pentoo Penetration Testing Overlay
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+<a href="http://pentoo.ch"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/6411603?v=3&s=200" align="left" hspace="10" vspace="6"></a>
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+**Gentoo overlay for security tools as well as the heart of the Pentoo Livecd**
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+Want to learn more? [See the wiki.](https://github.com/pentoo/pentoo-overlay/wiki)
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+Discussion and support available on irc.freenode.net  **#pentoo**