Quest ionNumberOne
Se curityandPr ivacyise s sent i
al pa rtofl ife.
Biome tri
ct echnolog ywi llbe comec ommonpl aces oone rrather
than.
AsourWor l
di sda ybyda ybe comi nge ff
e ctive lyg l
oba lv i
ll
age
duet oe raofs oc i
al me dia, itisv e rydi ff
iculthi deourpe rsonal
da t
aa ndide ntiti
es .Sof ort he semode rnpr obl ems, we
resolv edthe mwi th mode rns olut ion.
I
ti sv erype ri
loust ous eourf ing e r
pr inta ut he ntica tionpr oc es
s
eve rywhe re.T hePr obl emi st hatwhe ny ouus ei t, itwi llnotbe
priva te.
Anot he rrea sonf orf a i
lureofbi ome trict echnol og yis
that ,apa sswor disi nhe re ntlypr iva tebe caus ey oua ret heonl y
onewhok nowsi t
. Ofc our seha ck ersc a na c qui r
ei tbybr ute
forcea t
tacksorphi shing , butg e ne ra l
ly,pe opl ec an’ ta ccessit
.
Ont heot herha nd, biome tri
c sa rei nhe re ntlypubl ic.Me ansour
Ea r
s ,
E ye,
F i
ng erprintise x pos ed, Youri ma g eiss tore di nmor e
plac estha nyour ealize.Notonl ydoe sF ac ebook ,wha t
sa pp,
I
ns tag ram,sna pcha tre cog nizey ourf a ce,bute ve rys torey ou
visi
tr ecordsa nds ave sy ouri ma g ei ni tsda ta ba set oi de ntif
y
youa nda nalyz eyourbuy ingha bi ts.Ma ybe l awe nforce ment
age nc i
esna ti
onwi dec a ns torey ouri ma gewi thoutc ons ent.
Onc eaha cke rha sapi ctureofs ome one ’se a r,e ye, orf inger,
the yc ane asi
lyg aina c cesst ot he ira ccount s.
Re cent l
yha cke rsfool edt heS ams ungS 8i ri
sr e cog ni ti
on
syste mbypl acingac ont ac tlensov e raphot oofaus er’se ye.
Sinceabi ome tr i
cr evea l
spa rtofaus er’side nt it
y ,ifs tolen, i
t
canbeus edt of al
s i
fyle ga ldoc ume nt s,pa ss por ts,orc ri
mi nal
recor ds,whi chc andomor eda ma g et ha nas tole nc r editca r
d
numbe r.
Biome tri
csma ybet hes e cur i
tyme a sureoft hef uture,
buti tisnott imet odi sca rdy ourpa sswor dsy e t.Biome tri
cs
prov idea nothe rlev elofs e cur i
ty, buti t’snotf ool pr oof .
I
ti sv erype ri
lousf ort hirdwor l
dc ount ri
e st oimpos ebi ome tr
ic
secur it
yduei tsunt raine da ndi ll educ atedpopul ation.
Ag ainitisv erype ril
oust ous ebi ome tri
cs ec ur i
tya ta ir-
por t.
Airpor tispubl icare aa ndma nyt hing soni nt erne ta r eflawe d
ands houldnotbet rus ted.
Nowa da ysWor ldlea dingc ompa niesbe l
ievesonf a
cial
recogniti
one mpl oye ea ttendances ystema ndt hisera,i
tisvery
commonl yus edatv e r
yl argescale.Andda ybyda ygoodpe opl
e
areimpr ovingthiste chnol ogyfromba dpe ople(Ha ck
e r
s).
Soa swor l
di ssteppingf orwardt owardste chnologybyne w
i
mpr ov eme ntsinit
. Ishoul dwor ka tajob.
Ana tionalI
Dc ar
ds ys t
e mwi l
lnotpr eventte r
rorism.Itwould
notha vethwa r
tedt heS eptembe r11hi j
ac ker
s,fore xample,
ma nyofwhomr epor te dlyhadide nti
fi
ca t
iondoc ume ntson
them, andwe reinthec ount r
yle gall
y.AnI Dca r
ds ystemwill
l
e adtoas l
i
ppe ryslopeofs ur
veilla
ncea ndmoni tori
ngof
cit
izens.
Questi
onNumberTwo
Ie
xce
eding
lybe
li
evet
hatKa
liL
inuxi
sbe
stope
rat
ings
yst
em.
Therear
ema nyreasonsiti
sfarbatt
ert
hananyothe
roperat
ing
sys
tems.Suc
ha sKal
i L
inuxisopensour
ceOSduetowhic
hwec an
enhanc
eitscapabi
l
iti
esa ndfr
omi twecanmakemanyaspossi
bl
e
OSs.
Wha
tIsKa
liL
inux
?
Toputi tsi
mply,
Kal
iisasecuri
tytool
thatwasdevel
opedforLi
nuxuser
s.Inf
act,
wec ansaytha
tthe
Kal
iisac ol
lec
ti
onoftoolstha
ta r
edesi
gnedforsec
uri
tyexper
ts.I
tcompri
sesoftoolsf
orsecuri
ty
res
ea r
ch, r
ever
seengine
e r
ing
,computerfor
ensi
csandpenetr
ati
ontest
ing(e
thi
ca l
ha c
king
)tona me
butjustafewofthem.
I
ntroducedt oLi
nuxuser
sinMarch2013,t
hist
ool
ha sg
ainedpopul
ari
tywithmanysecur
it
yexpe
rts
.
Bes
ides,thissui
tewasdevel
opedbyarenownedcomputersec
uri
tygroupknownasOffe
nsi
ve
Se
cur i
ty.
T heyal
soma i
ntai
nandfundit
.Thi
ski
ndofbackinghasmadeitqui
tepopul
ar.
Hi
st
oryofKa
liL
inux
:-
Bl
ackL inuxOffe nsi
veSecurit
yL t
d.Thec ompa nyhasc re
ated.Itsma inde vel
ope rMa tiAharoni
,De v
on
Kearnsa ndRa pha ë
lHe r
tzog,havecontributedalottothede ve l
opme ntofKal
i Linux .Eventoday
Off
e nsi
v eSecurityLtdKal
i i
sconsta
ntlywor ki
ngonL i
nuxandi sa ddingF ea
turea ndT oolstoit
.
Off
e nsi
v eSecurityLtdCompa nyisasecur it
ycompa nythatbuildsse curi
tyrel
ate dt oolsandprovides
ser
vicesr e
latedt oit
sma nytypesofs ec
ur ity
.
Atthet imeoft heinventi
onofKa li
Linux, it
snamewa sKal
iLi
nux ,atthatti
mei tsna mewa sBack
Tr
ac k,whichwa schangedtoKa l
iLi
nuxwi thane wversi
onin2013. Ov erti
me, suc ha sBa c
kT r
ackor
Kal
ilinux,ithasbe enupda t
ed.Mos tofthet oolshavebeena dde da nditsexecutionha sbeen
i
mpr ove dtoday, wit
hthec urre
ntBlackL inuxSecur
ityTest
ing,a smuc hasanyDe bianBa sed
Oper at
ingS ys
temi s..
S
yst
emRe
qui
reme
ntsf
orKa
liL
inux
:
I
nsta
ll
ingKal
iisapie
c eofcak
e.Allyouhavetoma k
esur
eisthaty
ouha vet
hecompati
bleha
rdware
.
Kal
ii
ssupport
e doni386,amd64,andARM( bothARMELandARMHF )pl
atf
orms.T
hehardwar
e
re
quir
e ment
sa r
eminima l
asli
ste
dbe low,
a l
thoug
hbett
erhardwar
ewi l
lnat
ura
ll
yprov
idebett
er
pe
rfor
manc
e.
Amini
mumof20GBdisks
pacefortheKal
i L
inuxi
nsta
ll
.
RAMfori
386anda
md64archi
tectur
es,mini
mum: 1GB,r
ecomme
nde
d:2GBormor
e.
CD-
DVDDriv
e/USBboots
upport/Vir
tual
Box
Be
nef
it
sofus
ingKa
liL
inux
:
I
tisf
ree!Nothi
nge l
sebeatsthis
. Afr
ee, butver
ya dvanc
edsuit
eoftool
sisa
lwayswelc
omeinthe
worl
dofsecuri
ty.
JustastheLinuxope r
a ti
ngsys
t e
mi soff
ere
donope n-
sour
cebased,
Kali
isa
vail
abl
e
f
orli
fet
imeus e
,fr
eeofc harg
e .Thisf
actorinf
luencesmanypeoplet
ousethi
sproduct
.
F
reeofCos
t:
-
Ka
liL
inuxi
saF
reeOpe
rat
ingS
yst
emt
haty
ouc
andownl
oada
ndi
nst
all
.
Upda
tingS
oft
war
e:-
Al
lthes
oft
war
eyoui
nst
all
inKa
liL
inuxc
anonl
yupda
tet
heS
oft
war
ethr
oug
hac
omma
nd.
F
reeS
oft
war
e:-
I
nKa
liL
inuxy
oug
etmos
tl
yinS
oft
war
e’sF
ree
.Youdonotne
edt
ous
eanyCr
ackv
ers
ionf
ort
his
.
F
asta
ndS
tabl
e:
-
Kal
iLi
nuxi
sle
ssgraphi
cals
othe
reisal
otl
essc
hanc
eofha
vingas
yst
emc
ras
hordowna
ndi
tisv
ery
fa
sttha
ntheothe
rOpe r
ati
ngSys
tem.
S
ecur
e:-
Ka
liL
inuxismuchsaf
ert
hanVirus.
Malwa
re,
Spy
war
e,T
roj
ansa
ndWor
msa
rev
eryl
essi
nthi
s.T
her
e
i
snone e
dt oi
nst
all
§anyant
ivi
rusi
nit
.
Adhe
renc
etoF
il
e-s
yst
emHi
era
rchyS
tanda
rd:
Thi
sisve
ryimport
ant.Al
lsys
temst hatadhe retotheFil
e-s
yst
emHier
archyStandard(FHS)al
lowthe
user
stofi
ndsupportf
il
es,
binar
iesa ndeve nlibrar
iest
onamejustaf
ewoft hem. Whatthismeansi
s
tha
tyoudonotha v
etoma nual
lylocateat ool t
hatyouneed,a
syouwouldber equi
redtodowi t
ha
sys
temli
keBackTrack
.WithKal
i L
inux,justent ert
hecomma ndnameofthetoolintherootter
minal
.
Hundr
edsofpe
net
rat
iont
ool
s:
The r
ea r
emor ethan600pe netration-t
e st
ingtoolsintheKa l
iLi
nux,desi
g nedtoma kei
tabi teasier
f
orne t
worksecuri
tyteamstoi nspe c
tthes ecuri
tyoft hei
rnetworks.Theseincludetheba si
ctoolsfor
i
nf ormati
ongather
ing,analy
sisa swe l
la sreport
ingtools.Thereas
onf orincorporati
ngt hesema ny
toolsist
oma kesurenothingislefttoc hance.
Us i
ngMe taPackag
e s
, y
ouma yi nstall
thet oolst
ha tyoude emmos timpor t
antt oyourwor k.Another
thingyouwill
loveistheVe r
si
onT racki
ngf eatur
et hathel
psy oucompa rediff
e rentver
sionstowha t
youa reusi
nginKali
.Ifyouwa ntal aptopt orunKa li
Linux,herear
es omeoft hebe s
tlaptopsforKali
Linux.
Ope
nde
vel
opme
ntt
ree
:
Opensourceava
il
abi
l
ityiswha tmakesmanyoftheLi
nuxproduc
tsg
r ea
tandtheKali
Linuxisno
dif
fer
ent.
Asar e
sul
t,use
r sc
a nacce
ssthi
ssys
temv er
ywell
,andanyonecanbeabletov i
ewthe
codes.
Youc a
naswellmonitorthecodi
ngateve
r ys
taget
hankstot
heope ndeve
lopme nttr
ee.
Ne
eds
:
Kali
Linux(t
herei
ncarna
tionofBackTr
ack)isal
ltheti
meg oodnews.Work
ingi
nne t
wor ksecuri
ty,
for
ensicanal
ysi
s,a
ndpe netr
ati
ontest
ingitisi
mpor t
antt
ok ee
py ourt
ool
supdat
ed, bothsothat
you’r
eprotect
edfromthene westk
nownt hreat
s ,
andsothatyou’v
egott
helat
esttoolsatyour
contr
ol.
Ka
liL
inuxi
sSuc
ces
sful
OSduet
o…….
Kal
iLi
nuxi
sknownforit
svastcol
lect
ionofsec
uri
tytool
saswella
sapriv
acy-f
ocus
e df
e a
tures
et.I
f
youwantt
olearnpe
ne t
rat
iontes
tingfr
oms cr
atch,
itca
nbetheideal
compa ni
onforyou.Moreov
er,
seas
onedet
hic
alhack
erscanle
v e
rageKalit
ope r
for
mf as
ters
ecuri
tya
udits
.
