A virtual environment, or virtualization, is not mandatory for the experienced ethical hacker. As an experienced ethical hacker, you can run Kali Linux as your main system and perform the hacking using mainly a terminal with the help of a programming language such as Python, or you can use selected tools like Metasploit. However, for beginners, virtualization is compulsory.
Let me explain very briefly why it is important. Hacking can change the system completely. If you don’t understand the state of the system well, you might change the state of your main system inadvertently. ...
