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Kali Linux review

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With the current shortage of skills, there are plenty of career opportunities for people interested in cybersecurity. Luckily, there are plenty of tools too. One of the most respected is Kali, a secure Debian Linux-based distribution specifically targeting penetration testers and digital forensics experts. The company that makes it, Offensive Security (Offsec), unveiled it in 2013. It recently released the tenth-anniversary edition of the distro, 2023.1, so we thought it was time we took a look.

You don't need to use Kali for penetration testing. It's essentially Debian with a collection of third-party tools, all of which you can install yourself from elsewhere. However, this distro offers some distinct advantages.

The first is convenience. Offsec has bought hundreds of tools together in this OS, organizing them neatly in a thoughtfully designed menu system.

Another advantage is Kali's focus on its own security. It uses a minimal, trusted set of repositories to host additional programs. It also has a customized version of the kernel, fitted with a patch to support wireless injection for pen testing, along with support for many external wireless cards. The default installation also comes with network services disabled so that you don't accidentally announce yourself to your target network when you turn it on.

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