Summary
This chapter introduced you to the amazing world of Kali Linux, which is a Live DVD Linux distribution that has been specially developed to help you in the penetration testing process. Kali is the successor of BackTrack, a famous Linux distribution focused on the purpose of penetration testing.
The chapter started with a brief description of Kali Linux's history. Next, it moved on to see what functionalities Kali Linux has to offer. When looking at the vast array of tools in the latest version of Kali Linux, we can see that there is functionality for a wide variety of security tasks. These include digital forensics, wireless security assessments, reverse engineering software, hacking hardware, and penetration testing.
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