Kali Linux – Assuring Security by Penetration Testing

Chapter 1. Beginning with Kali Linux

This chapter will guide you through the wonderful world of Kali Linux—a specialized Linux distribution for the purpose of penetration testing. In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• A brief history of Kali
• Several common usages of Kali
• Downloading and installing Kali
• Configuring and updating Kali

At the end of this chapter, we will describe how to install additional weapons and how to configure Kali Linux.

A brief history of Kali Linux

Kali Linux (Kali) is a Linux distribution system that was developed with a focus on the penetration testing task. Previously, Kali Linux was known as BackTrack, which itself is a merger between three different live Linux penetration testing distributions: IWHAX, WHOPPIX ...