Kali Linux is a Debian-derived Linux distribution designed for digital forensics and penetration testing.
It is maintained and funded by Offensive Security Ltd.
It was developed by Mati Aharoni and Devon Kearns of Offensive Security through the rewrite of BackTrack,their previous forensics Linux distribution. Kali Linux is pre-installed with numerous penetration-testing programs like -
nmap (a port scanner),
Wireshark (a packet analyzer),
John the Ripper (a password cracker),
Aircrack-ng (a software suite for penetration-testing wireless LANs),
Burp suite and OWASP ZAP (both web application security scanners).
and lot many.
Recently Mati Aharoni has announced the release of Kali Linux 1.1.0, a point release of the project's Debian-based distribution with specialist software
tools for penetration testing and forensic analysis . The realease Statement: "After almost two years of public development (and another year behind the scenes),
we are proud to announce our first point release of Kali Linux - version 1.1.0. This release brings with it a mix of unprecedented hardware support
as well as rock-solid stability. For us, this is a real milestone as this release epitomizes the benefits of our move from BackTrack to Kali Linux over two years ago.
As we look at a now mature Kali, we see a versatile, flexible Linux distribution, rich with useful security and penetration testing related features,
running on all sorts of weird and wonderful ARM hardware. But enough talk, here are the goods: the new release runs a 3.18 kernel,
patched for wireless injection attacks; our ISO build systems are now running off live-build 4.x...." Read the rest of the release
announcement for upgrade instructions HERE .
What’s New in Kali Linux 1.1.0
« Built with Kernel 3.18 with patches for wireless injection attacks.
« Our ISO build systems are now running off live-build 4.x.
« Improved wireless driver support, due to both kernel and firmware upgrades.
« NVIDIA Optimus hardware support.
« Updated virtualbox-tool & openvm-tools
« And most importantly, they changed grub screens and wallpapers
« This release brings with it a mix of unprecedented hardware support as well as rock solid stability.
To see your version of kali linux type this command in the terminal :- lsb_release -a
look i have the kali 1.1.0 version.
To upgrade your pack of kali type the following command in terminal :-
♦ apt-get update♦ apt-get dist-upgrade
After this command you will get your pack of new kali Linux.
You can also download the .iso file of kali 1.1.0 from thier official Website HERE
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