10 Facts About Kali Linux

Kali Linux is a Debian-derived Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and penetration testing.

Kali Linux has around 600 penetration-testing programs, including Armitage, Nmap, Wireshark, metasploit, John the Ripper, sqlmap, Aircrack-ng, Burp suite and OWASP ZAP web application security scanners, etc.

Kali Linux's popularity grew when it was featured in multiple episodes of the TV series Mr Robot.

Tools highlighted in the show and provided by Kali Linux include Bluesniff, Bluetooth Scanner, John the Ripper, Metasploit Framework, Nmap, Shellshock, and Wget.

Kali Linux is distributed in 32-bit and 64-bit images for use on hosts based on the x86 instruction set and as an image for the ARM architecture for use on the Beagle Board computer and Samsung's ARM Chromebook.

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Kali Linux is already available for Asus Chromebook Flip C100P, BeagleBone Black, HP Chromebook, CubieBoard 2, CuBox, CuBox-i, Raspberry Pi, EfikaMX, Odroid U2, Odroid XU, Odroid XU3, Samsung Chromebook, Utilite Pro, Galaxy Note 10.

Kali Linux is available on Windows 10, on top of Windows Subsystem for Linux .

Kali Linux has a dedicated project set aside for compatibility and porting to specific Android devices, called Kali NetHunter.

Kali Linux is developed with a focus towards cyber security experts, penetration testers, and white-hat hackers.

Kali Linux has stood out against these other distributions for cyber security and penetration testing, as well as having features such as the default user being the superuser in the Kali Live Environment.