Kali Linux

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Linux distribution operating system

Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution specifically designed for digital forensics and penetration testing, widely used by security professionals and ethical hackers.

Aliases (5)
Statements (71)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Linux distribution →
operating system →
basedOn Debian →
bootloader GNU GRUB →
surface form: "GRUB"
category security-focused Linux distribution →
codeName Kali →
defaultDesktopEnvironment Xfce →
defaultPackageManager APT →
developer Offensive Security →
hasEdition Kali Linux ARM images →
Kali Linux →
surface form: "Kali Linux Installer"

Kali Linux →
surface form: "Kali Linux Live"

Kali Linux →
surface form: "Kali Linux NetHunter"
includesTool Aircrack‑ng →
surface form: "Aircrack-ng"

Airgeddon →
BeEF →
Burp Suite →
Empire →
Ettercap →
Hashcat →
Hydra →
John the Ripper →
Kismet →
Maltego →
Metasploit Framework →
Netcat →
Nikto →
Nmap →
OWASP ZAP →
OpenVAS →
PowerShell Empire →
Responder →
Social-Engineer Toolkit →
Wireshark →
armitage →
autopsy →
dirb →
dirb →
surface form: "dirbuster"

dnsenum →
msfconsole →
setoolkit →
sleuthkit →
sqlmap →
volatility →
Aircrack‑ng →
surface form: "wifite"
initialReleaseDate 2013-03-13 →
kernelType monolithic (Linux) →
license GNU General Public License →
maintainer Offensive Security →
originCountry United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
predecessor Kali Linux →
surface form: "BackTrack"
primaryUse digital forensics →
penetration testing →
security auditing →
sourceModel open source →
supportedPlatform ARM →
x86 →
x86_64 →
supportsArchitecture ARM64 →
ARMv7 →
amd64 →
i386 →
supportsCloudImages true →
supportsInstallation true →
supportsLiveMode true →
supportsPersistence true →
supportsVirtualMachines true →
targetUser ethical hackers →
security professionals →
updateModel rolling release →
website https://www.kali.org/ →
Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Linux → hasDistributions → Kali Linux →
Kali Linux → hasEdition → Kali Linux →
this entity surface form: "Kali Linux Live"
Kali Linux → hasEdition → Kali Linux →
this entity surface form: "Kali Linux Installer"
Kali Linux → hasEdition → Kali Linux →
this entity surface form: "Kali Linux NetHunter"
Debian → isUpstreamFor → Kali Linux →
subject surface form: "Aircrack-ng"
subject surface form: "Aircrack-ng"
this entity surface form: "Parrot Security OS"
Kali Linux → predecessor → Kali Linux →
this entity surface form: "BackTrack"
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