Linux: Kali Linux - Paiet/Tech-Journal-for-Everything GitHub Wiki
- What is Kali Linux
- Debian-derived
- Designed for digital forensics and penetration testing
- Maintained and funded by Offensive Security
- Core developers
- Mati Aharoni
- Devon Kearns
- Raphael Hertzog
- Install options
- Install on hard disk
- Boot from live CD
- Boot from live USB
- Virtual machine
- History
- Offensive Security
- First release in 2013
- Debian-based
- Departure from BackTrack (Released 2006)
- Knoppix-based <- Ubuntu
- WHAX <- Whoppix <- Knoppix
- Slax-based
- Auditor Security Collection
- Live CD
- Knoppix-based
- Included over 300 tools
- Debian-based
- Requirements
- Minimum 20GB hard disk space
- Minimum 1GB RAM
- Bootable CD/DVD of USB
- Supported platforms
- 32-bit and 64-bit x86
- ARM
- BeagleBone Black, Raspberry Pi, HP Chromebook, CubieBoard
- NetHunter
- Dedicated project for porting to specific Android devices
- Nexus 5-10
- OnePlus One
- Some Samsung Galaxy models
- Features
- Over 600 preinstalled penetration-testing programs
- Supported platform for Metasploit Framework
- BackTrack had forensic mode
- Kali uses Live Boot
- Doesn't touch internal hard drive or swap space
- Auto mounting is disabled
- Must test before using for forensics
Kali Linux Bootable USB
- Requirements
- Official Kali iso
- Win32 Disk Imager (or similar)
- A USB thumb drive, 4GB or larger
- Steps
- Obtain ISO
- Verify download
- sha256 checksum from download site
- Launch Win32DiskImager
- Select iso and click Write
- Linux
fdisk -l
dd if=kali-linux-2017.1-amd64.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=512k
- MacOS
diskutil list
diskutil unmount /dev/disk6
sudo dd if=kali-linux-2017.1-amd64.iso of=/dev/disk6 bs=1m