Let's examine and compare these two security and privacy distros to help you decide which - Kali Linux vs. ParrotOS - is best for your use case.
Kali Linux, focusing on penetration testing, audits and forensics, is one of the industry's best-known and respected security distributions.
Note that neither Kali Linux nor ParrotOS Security Edition is designed for new Linux users.
Kali Linux evolved from BackTrack, a Debian-based distro.
As with all open source software, you can modify Kali as you see fit.
Most users likely deploy Kali with bare-metal installer images or VMs. Pre-built images exist for VMware, Hyper-V, QEMU and VirtualBox.
You can view and use the build scripts directly from GitLab, or if you have a specific need, you can add it to existing build scripts to construct your own version of Kali that works for you.
Join the official Kali forum to discuss issues, ask or answer questions, and learn more about the tools.
Kali provides an additional tool list that is far more comprehensive.
Kali's Nmap entry has information about the network reconnaissance and security auditing tool.
Kali is a pretty simple choice for security professionals.
Consider the Kali training site and the corresponding Kali Linux Revealed training and certification.
Many options exist to help users learn more about Kali and its pre-installed tools.
ParrotOS focuses on three areas: privacy, security and development.
Most ParrotOS versions -encompassing security tools, privacy features and performance enhancements - run on a variety of hardware and virtualization platforms.
Security Edition is most similar to Kali and is the likely choice for security pros.
I suggest the ParrotOS Security version if you're also experimenting with Kali.
The secret to using Kali Linux or ParrotOS is to find the best tool for the job you intend to do.
In this situation, Kali Linux is only designed to do one thing - and it does it well.
The ParrotOS Security version is certainly competitive.
This Cyber News was published on www.techtarget.com. Publication date: Fri, 08 Dec 2023 22:13:04 +0000