Kali LINUX is a Linux distribution for penetration TESTERS that comes preloaded with a lot of OPEN source penetration testing tools. It is brought to you by the same people who MADE BACKTRACK, currently the world’s most popular Linux distribution for penetration testing.

In other words, Kali Linux is an operating system that is optimized for penetration testing. You can think of it in the same way that Chromium OS is Linux operating system that is optimized for web browsing.

The open source Kali Linux project is managed by Offensive Security with the help of community contributors, such as Rapid7.

Kali Linux is a Linux distribution for penetration testers that comes preloaded with a lot of open source penetration testing tools. It is brought to you by the same people who made BackTrack, currently the world’s most popular Linux distribution for penetration testing.

In other words, Kali Linux is an operating system that is optimized for penetration testing. You can think of it in the same way that Chromium OS is Linux operating system that is optimized for web browsing.

The open source Kali Linux project is managed by Offensive Security with the help of community contributors, such as Rapid7.