Kali Linux Operating System

Kali Linux - Introduction

Kali Linux is a most powerful operating system distribution in Ethical Hacking. But you must be honest while you are learning ethical hacking. Kali Linux is just a tool. It is illegal when you use a tool for hacking and not when you install it for useful purposes like learning or teaching or using it in the way to fortify your software or your network. It is not illegal to install any Operating System which is available for download and is properly licensed.

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.

Kali Linux is used by hackers because it is a free OS and has over 600 tools for penetration testing and security analytics. Kali has multi-language support that allows users to operate in their native language. Kali Linux is completely customizable according to their comfort all the way down t the kernel.

Nothing on the project's website suggests it is a good distribution for beginners or, in fact, anyone other than security researches. In fact, the Kali website specifically warns people about its nature.  Kali Linux is good at what it does: acting as a platform for up to date security utilities.

The name Kali Linux, stems from the Hindu religion. The name Kali comes from kāla, which means black, time, death, lord of death, Shiva. Since Shiva is called Kāla—the eternal time—Kālī, his consort, also means “Time” or “Death” (as in time has come). Hence, Kāli is the Goddess of Time and Change.

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