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If you are using it as a main OS, then I would recommend Parrot Linux over Kali.
Parrot doesn't run as root by default and I believe it to be more secure by default. It has all the same tools that Kali has.
I'm having a really hard time with the team photos: https://www.parrotsec.org/features.fx I'd be cautious of this one.
Edit: here's the company they all work for https://dasaweb.net/about.php easier to find information regarding the team there.
I’ve only used Kali, Parrot, and Black Arch. Of those 3 I prefer Kali.
Parrot : https://www.parrotsec.org/docs/
Black Arch Linux (Not the most user friendly, but fun) : https://blackarch.org/guide.html
If you're installing it as your main OS, not a good idea. Kali was meant to just be temporarily used for its tools like a live USB or a VM. If you want a Linux pentesting distro with the same tools (and I think maybe more) try ParrotOS. https://www.parrotsec.org/download-security.php
Get a flash drive and install the ParrotOS "Security" version. (/r/linuxquestions or /r/linux4noobs are the best places to get help if you experience problems). Then boot the computer to your USB drive before using the internet; it should be enough to get around whatever your MP might do to spy on you. Also, use an email account your MP does not know about.
Treat any company computers as though your MP can see every key stroke because they can.
^ Isto basicamente.
Para o Kali, se estás com intenções de brincar com wireless poderás ter problemas em VM.
E já que falamos em Kali, testa antes o Parrot OS.
Kali was mentioned. There is also Parrot, which seems similar:
They are both based on Debian.
I haven't really used either, so I don't really have a recommendation for one over the other; or at all, for that matter. Just thought I'd mention it, though.
ETA
Oh, and there is BlackArch, but it's based on Arch, so rolling:
Parrot OS has a setting that routes all traffic through TOR, although it would still require you to take the usual precautions. It was primarily designed as a pentesting distro, although they have a 'home' edition that doesn't include any of the hacking tools and is for everyday use. You can download it here
I tried them both for a while, and I didnt see a lot of difference (admittedly I didn't use them a lot)
I think you'd be better off searching a bit more about kali/parrot on your own and deciding what suits you the best.
Somethings that could matter to you could be the size of the install and performance.
in both cases, I would prefer parrotOS over kali since its smaller and performs better overall (at least on my low end system).
Also, ParrotOS also comes in a "Home" version, and if you are new to the whole linux thing, Home version wont overwhelm you since its oriented more towards daily use and privacy. you can see the difference between the different editions here: https://www.parrotsec.org/download/
Try out https://www.parrotsec.org/
There are a number of things that appeal to me with Linux, minimalism, modularity, flexibility, reliability, works on older hardware - and in turn reviving older hardware.
Currently I’m using Fedora, the 30 beta is great, I’d recommend it. Also Void is a pleasure to use, and if you fancy something different - try out some of the BSD’s, OpenBSD is a solid choice, but be prepared for some head scratching moments.
> what y'all are doing with your setups
T480s. I get paid to type on it so I type on it.
If you're adventurous (I am not as I get paid to type on Windows), then you might want to check out https://www.parrotsec.org/ along with https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad
You should consider using Parrot Home Linux.
https://www.parrotsec.org/download.php
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Personally, I've spent a long time searching and trying out different distro's, hopping and longing for the one that 'feels' right. I've been using Parrot Home for some time now, as a regular user (for the time being) and it has not given me any problems. It's based on debian testing, its stable enough. I don't think I'd be moving on to another distro from now.
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Otherwise, I'd urge you to consider using debian. I would have mentioned ubuntu, but didn't as it can get really buggy at times.
I clearly stated ParrotOS home. I would never run parrot or kali as a daily driver. Home is just parrot with firejail and a few anon tools.
https://www.parrotsec.org/download-home.php
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I would use Parrot OS as the operating system
You need a NIC that can do injection. This is the one I use
You need a battery supply.
Other than those things you should be off to a good start
Now the whole r/ is going to kill me for this... But try using Parrot OS, I've found it to be more optimized, includes just as many tools plus defensive measures, and more inclusive with hardware (just because it worked with my NIC) https://www.parrotsec.org
This is a great answer. Also, once you learn how to use things in Kali, in my opinion it's a good idea to also learn Parrot OS. They are pretty much the same and both have their plus and minuses, but Parrot seems to be more aesthetically pleasing for me.
Hipster... Script Kiddie.. Scriptster?..
Just put Debian or Ubuntu on it for Pete's sake.. Kali seems like a great way to limit your usage of a MacBook, not that Kali doesn't have it's uses/conveniences. The new mint looks pretty nice too; actually if you're looking for skiddie tools and a really nice feel for an OS go with Parrot OS. I talk a lot of shit about security distros, but Parrot is actually a much nicer experience than Kali. Just don't plan on changing it much beyond what it is. It's convenient to have a lot of that crap pre-installed; I'm still pretty much a skiddie myself so I can't talk too much. Anywaym Parrot has everything Kali has, it's just prettier and the default settings are a little more secure. Check out the automated i2p and tor stuff too, pretty neat.
This Parrot OS uses debian as a base and gives a howto. Should work for debian. Have a look at about half way down under the heading "Nvidia Driver on a computer with iGPU and dGPU" . Link below
How to install it? That’s pretty easy. Are you running into an error or something that’s preventing you from completing it? If so what’s the error? Here is the documentation.
https://www.parrotsec.org/docs/getting-started/install-parrot/
Well I have bad eyes and also own a ultrawide monitor and secondary monitor and on both of them I need to increase the scaling in order to see things well.
I want to install this Linux distribution on my computer https://www.parrotsec.org/home-edition/
but it only offers mate, kde, and xfce as desktop options.
I am guessing because of this my only option would be to go with KDE since it has fractional scaling just like you said?
Also I will be running parrot os home version and not the security version so don't worry as I have heard that running a pentesting distro as an daily driver is a bad idea.
there is actually no official or community documentation on installing parrot on the website, only Kali, BlackArch, and PTF.
however, it seems parrot actually maintains its own documentation on installing in Qubes, have you tried following it?
Most likely you will want to use Parrot OS since your professor should have experience in working with it. In addition, you will want the Security version, NOT the Home version - all of the software you might/will need for pentesting related purposes are on it, whereas the Home version would require you to download each tool by hand. There's no guarantees that plain Ubuntu has all the tools your professor might ask you to run.
Also, did your professor say you needed a dedicated device to run Parrot OS natively on? You might be able to run a VM of Parrot instead of dedicating a system.
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References:
https://www.parrotsec.org/docs/getting-started/download/ - official Parrot OS docs about versions
Any distro will be the same you just need to add the tools you want or need
I suggest parrot HOME Only home. You can download only the tools you need and not damage your system forget about parrot security youll break it same as kali
Dank. I've never used Parrot, but I've installed Debian hundreds of times and it should have an option "wipe this drive and install here" - did you see that?
https://www.parrotsec.org/docs/getting-started/install-parrot/
download virtualbox and then download parrot os Pick the one in the bottom left that says OVA. Then import the .ova into virtualbox. You can also do this with kali but parrot is nicer. This is your attack machine. Next pick a beginner machine from vulnhub -- This is the target machine. Follow the first step and make sure the format is ova. Now go into the machine settings for each one and make sure both are on host only adapter as it's dangerous to have the target machine connected to the internet since its vulnerable by design. I think this is a standard lab setup for most cases. You can also take snap shots of both machines so if you frig anything up you can load it fresh
Pop!_OS kinda fits your needs. It supports encryption while installation, is pretty privacy oriented, and has an nvidia version which has nvidia drivers preinstalled.
If you want a bit more secure/private os I's suggest Parrot OS home edition. It has a bit more customization options (cuz of KDE). It is actually a stripped down version of the actual pen testing parrot os for normal use (but with the security features).
PS: Void might be too advanced for a beginner. If you want to try out command line installation distro I'd suggest arch because of its well known documentation (arch wiki).
Qubes might be a bit overkill for a normal dev but if you want a similar security oriented distro Parrot OS Home edition might suit you. It's debian based. You can figure out the rest by visiting their website.
Yeah. This is beyond me. If you have IRC, jump on the Parrot OS IRC channel and ask for help there.
You can find IRC channel listed here: https://www.parrotsec.org/docs/community/
You may also want to get a USB wireless network dongle that supports Monitor Mode/Packet Injection, as most integrated chipsets don't support it, and that is essential if you want to do wireless pentesting.
https://www.wirelesshack.org/best-kali-linux-compatible-usb-adapter-dongles.html
Aa for OS, I can recommend Parrot.
It might not have the large community base as Kali, but it shares the same Debian base and comes as standard shipped with more tools than Kali and is in my experience leaner and faster by defaulting to Mate as desktop environment instead of Gnome.
It is my goto, and has improved a lot the couple of years I have been using it.
Parrot Os is a privacy based OS that comes pre-installed with tor and everything you need to stay almost guaranteed anonymous on tor. It may not be as secure as tails but its definitely easy to use and it shouldn't have nearly as many problems as tails
No, parrot maintains one meant to be installed in a desktop now, it is fairly new.
https://www.parrotsec.org/download.php
The home/workstation option is a stripped down version of the live boot,and let's users have underprevledged accounts so they are not always root.
You might want to give Parrot OS a try.
A handful of Linux enthusiasts I've talked to use it as their main distro. It's a more cyber-security oriented distro, and the navigation was really smooth.
I wasn't able to install Kali with everything I tried. But I manged to Install Parrot (https://www.parrotsec.org) without any problems. I comes with the same Toolkit as Kali but is a bit more of a daily driver.
U can install Parrot os and use it's Anonsurf function...
ANONSURF: thats anonymous mode to force connections through tor and/or the i2p network. Anonsurf's usage has a graphical interface, and a CommandLine Interface (CLI).
So u can use your standard browser like Firefox and still be connected trough tor or i2p network :)
And most important: your mother would'nt know that you're on TOR hehe
for an alternative to ubuntu studio check out parrot studio. Debian based with mate desktop and all the multimedia production tools. Also its easy on the eyes. its beside the home edition https://www.parrotsec.org/download-home.php
I'm using Antergos and Qubes. Both are the perfect fits for their use cases. Today I came across Parrot (https://www.parrotsec.org/download.fx) Home/Workstation which looks promising for beginners. It comes with tor, crypto stuff, firefox with Ublock Origin + NoScript + Privacy Badger preinstalled and so on... Last but not least it's a rolling release debian 10!
Firstly, Kali out of the box isnt fantastic as a daily driver, quite a few tweaks need to be made to the vanilla install for it to be worthy, but it can be done.
I would actually have 2 distro's, one for your machine and one for a few bootable live USB's for troubleshooting.
For the USB's i'd go with a lightweight distro. Knoppix, puppy, sparky, LXLE, TinyCore, there's quite a few you can try, and because they're live boots off a USB you can experiment pretty easily to find out which one suits you best.
As for your daily driver it depends on a few things.
First and foremost how often do you want to have to deal with updates (potential bugs)? If you cannot afford to, then IMHO that rules out all rolling release distro's from the start.
Do you have to deal with any existing linux based machines? If so you may want to choose a distro that is either the same or a derivative of that distro, so you don't have to go memorizing 2 sets of CLI (i.e. different package managers for example).
If you like the forensic-like tools of kali then i'd recommend taking a look at :
Otherwise if you just want a nice stable OS i'd look at openSUSE leap.
Also, i haven't looked much into it myself yet, but Qubes OS looks pretty promising.
Quando è tornato dall'assistenza non ho rimosso windows. Avendo appurato che W10 funziona, ho automaticamente escluso problemi hardware.. C'è da dire che tutto è possibile, quindi farà girare un pò di test :)
Alcune distro sono state:
-Parrot security 3.8 (https://www.parrotsec.org/download.fx) -> linux 4.12.6, debian 10
-Backbox 5 (https://backbox.org/download) -> Linux Kernel 4.8
-Mint Sonya (https://linuxmint.com/download.php) -> linux kernel 4.8.0-53
Ha semi funzionato BackBox 4.7 (kernel 4.4) ma si freezava una votla su 3 quando veniva sospeso..
L'unico driver che ho dovuto scaricare è quello della scheda di rete, che ho provato a disabilitare in questi giorni ma si bloccava comunque
Domani faccio delle prove con distro non debian (ho in download CentOs e Mageia)