Technology: www.kali.org
Demo Leader: Lawrence
Disclaimer: Though possible, it is currently illegal to preform hacks, crack, and penetration testing on any network or system which you do not own. The purpose of this OS is to assist in personal testing as to protect against adversaries.
Summary:
Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution aimed at advanced Penetration Testing and Security Auditing. Kali contains several hundred tools which are geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering. Released in March 2013, Kali Linux comes complete with several hundred pre-installed penetration tools including but not limited to injection testing, password cracker, GPS packages, vulnerability analysis, sniffing and spoofing. There is a detailed list on the website if you would like to browse them.
Reflection:
Kali Linux was created as an offensive strategy to allow users to effectively test security in their homes and on there own devices. It is specifically designed to meet the requirements of professional penetration testing and security auditing which is why it is made slightly different than the average OS. It is not recommended for anyone looking for a general operation OS of even to be functional outside of penetration testing as there are a very limited number of repositories which are trusted to work on Kali. While Kali Linux is made with a high level of customization, so you will not be able to add random unrelated packages and repositories and have it work without a fight. In particular, there is absolutely no support whatsoever for the apt-add-repository command, LaunchPad, or PPAs. Trying to install popular programs such as Steam on your Kali Linux desktop will not be something you will be able to do more than likely. Even for experienced Linux users, Kali can pose some challenges. Although Kali is an open source project, it’s not a wide-open source project, for reasons of security. It is a rule of this OS that not knowing what you are doing is no excuse for doing irreversible damage to a system, so use at your own risk.
How To Use:
As Kali is natively compatible with ARMEL and ARMHF boards i will be displaying the process by which to install onto a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B.
- Obtain raspberry pi kit. There are several options depending on your likes.
- Obtain a fast micro SD card of at least 8 GB capacity.
- Download the special Kali Raspberry Pi2 image from the downloads area.
- Image this file to the SD card (be extremely careful as this step can erase your hard drive if you select the wrong drive to flash).
- Viola! You may now purchase a wireless adapter capable of wireless injection for testing, or just run the tools using your given install wireless card.
