06/06/2023
π΅ What is Kali Linux?
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β³οΈ Kali Linux is a security distribution of Linux(OS) derived from Debian and specifically designed for computer forensics and advanced pe*******on testing. It was developed through rewriting of BackTrack by Mati Aharoni and Devon Kearns of Offensive Security. Kali Linux contains several hundred tools that are well-designed towards various information security tasks, such as pe*******on testing, security research, computer forensics and reverse engineering.
β³οΈ BackTrack was their previous information security Operating System. The first iteration of Kali Linux was Kali 1.0.0 was introduced in March 2013. Offensive Security currently funds and supports Kalin Linux. If you were to visit Kali's website today (www.kali.org), you would see a large banner stating, "Our Most Advanced Pe*******on Testing Distribution, Ever." A very bold statement that ironically has yet to be disproven.
β³οΈ Kali Linux has over 600 preinstalled pe*******on-testing applications to discover. Each program with its unique flexibility and use case. Kali Linux does excellent job separating these useful utilities into the following categories:
πΉ Information Gathering
πΉ Vulnerability Analysis
πΉ Wireless Attacks
πΉ Web Applications
πΉ Exploitation Tools
πΉ Stress Testing
πΉ Forensics Tools
πΉ Sniffing & Spoofing
πΉ Password Attacks
πΉ Maintaining Access
πΉ Reverse Engineering
πΉ Reporting Tools
πΉ Hardware Hacking
Home of Kali Linux, an Advanced Pe*******on Testing Linux distribution used for Pe*******on Testing, Ethical Hacking and network security assessments.