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Kali linux logo11/5/2023 ![]() It seems that the Kali Linux project is being taken quite seriously and wants to have the impact that its predecessor once had, the Backtrack operating system. How we had already announced, this distribution has arrived in the summer month. It has finally arrived, we have been waiting for it for quite some time and we already have the full version of the famous Kali Linux security and penetration distribution and it comes with quite a few new features and advancements. If you want All the Things, then kali-linux-everything is your jam, but be prepared for long download times plus tool overload.The long-awaited full version of the Kali Linux security and penetration system in version 2.0 has finally arrived. New Kali users might best start by installing kali-linux-default and maybe kali-tools-top10. The full list of meta-packages includes more than a dozen options to choose from. Rather than waiting for everything and the kitchen sink to install, an apt-get install kali-tools-wireless command will get you all of Kali’s wireless tools, so you’re off to the races faster. The Kali folks give the example of downloading Kali for a wireless pentesting engagement. Because many of those tools are specialized for specific hardware or edge use cases, Kali downloads with a bundle of the most commonly used tools and allows users to install meta-packages - Debian packages that include dozens, or even hundreds of packages in that category. So many security tools are available for Kali that they all can’t fit into one download. Advanced users may surface with opinions on alternatives to Kali they prefer, but newcomers to penetration testing need to get Kali under their belt before looking at other options. Once inside the bailiwick of penetration testing, Kali is the right choice for most offensive security tasks. “If you are unfamiliar with Linux generally, if you do not have at least a basic level of competence in administering a system, if you are looking for a Linux distribution to use as a learning tool to get to know your way around Linux, or if you want a distro that you can use as a general purpose desktop installation, Kali Linux is probably not what you are looking for.” It’s officially recognized as a compliant Debian variant by the Debian Project, and with a default GNOME desktop, looks and feels at first glance like you might expect. If you’re familiar with Linux, especially a Debian flavor like Ubuntu (or, well, Debian) then Kali will seem familiar to you, at least at first. ![]() Kali is free to download and use but is intended as a specialized Linux distro optimized for penetration testing and not as a day-to-day operating system for checking your email or web browsing or sharing cat gifs on the Book of Faces. What does the name mean? Well, we’ll get to that.īased on Debian Testing, Kali includes more than 300 security tools, including the big ones like Metasploit, Nmap, and Aircrack-ng, but also a wide variety of more obscure and specialist tools. Maintained and managed by the fine folks at Offensive Security, Kali was born in 2006 as BackTrack Linux, but after a major refactoring in 2013 got the name Kali. Kali Linux is the world’s most popular offensive-security-optimized Linux distro. ![]()
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