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. The latest version of Kali Linux has many tools to help in penetration testing. Additionally, it also has tools for digital forensics, wireless, reverse engineering, and hardware hacking tasks.

The discussion continues on how to get Kali Linux and the several ways to install it. Kali Linux can be used as a Live ...

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