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Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed for cybersecurity tasks like penetration testing and security auditing. It contains over 600 tools for tasks such as penetration testing, forensics, and reverse engineering. While Kali Linux itself is legal to use, hacking with it can be illegal. The OS was originally called Backtrack but was rewritten as Kali Linux in 2012 by its core developers Mati Aharoni and Deavon Kearns. Reasons to use Kali Linux include that it is free and open source, supports many languages, and allows high customization.

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About Kali

Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed for cybersecurity tasks like penetration testing and security auditing. It contains over 600 tools for tasks such as penetration testing, forensics, and reverse engineering. While Kali Linux itself is legal to use, hacking with it can be illegal. The OS was originally called Backtrack but was rewritten as Kali Linux in 2012 by its core developers Mati Aharoni and Deavon Kearns. Reasons to use Kali Linux include that it is free and open source, supports many languages, and allows high customization.

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What is Kali Linux?

Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution. It is a meticulously crafted OS that specifically


caters to the likes of network analysts & penetration testers. The presence of a plethora of
tools that come pre-installed with Kali transforms it into an ethical hacker’s swiss-knife.

Why do hackers use Kali Linux?

Previously known as Backtrack, Kali Linux advertises itself as a more polished successor with
more testing-centric tools, unlike Backtrack which had multiple tools that would serve the
same purpose, in turn, making it jampacked with unnecessary utilities. This makes ethical
hacking using Kali Linux a simplified task.

What is Kali Linux used for?

Kali Linux is mainly used for 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.

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Is Kali Linux illegal?

Kali Linux is not illegal by itself. After all, it is just an OS. It is however a tool for hacking too
and when someone uses it especially for hacking, it is illegal. It is legal If you install it for
useful purposes like learning, or teaching, or using it in the way to fortify your software or
your network as It is not illegal to install any Operating System which is licensed and available
for download.

Who developed Kali Linux? (Development of Kali Linux)


Mati Aharoni and Deavon Kearns are the core developers of Kali Linux. It was a rewrite of
Backtrack Linux, which was another penetration testing centric Linux distribution. The
development of Kali is set according to the Debian standards as it imports the majority of its
code from Debian repositories. The development began in early March 2012, amongst a small
group of developers. Only a very selected few developers were allowed to commit packages,
that too in a protected environment. Kali Linux came out of development with its first release
in 2013. Since then, Kali Linux has been through a number of major updates. The
development of these updates is handled by Offensive Security.
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Why Use Kali Linux?


There are a wide array of reasons as to why one should use Kali Linux. Let me list down a few
of them:

1. As free as it can get – Kali Linux has been and will always be free to use.
2. More tools than you could think of – Kali Linux comes with over 600 different
penetration testing and security analytics related tool.
3. Open-source – Kali, being a member of the Linux family, follows the widely
appreciated open-source model. Their development tree is publicly viewable on Git
and all of the code is available for your tweaking purposes.
4. Multi-language Support – Although penetration tools tend to be written in English, it
has been ensured that Kali includes true multilingual support, allowing more users to
operate in their native language and locate the tools they need for the job.
5. Completely customizable – The developers at offensive security understand that not
everyone will agree with their design model, so they have made it as easy as possible
for the more adventurous user to customize Kali Linux to their liking, all the way down
to the kernel.

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