Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux - Third Edition

Virtualizing Kali Linux versus installing it on physical hardware

The popularity of virtualization software makes it an attractive option for installing your testing machine on a virtualized platform. Virtualization software provides a rich set of features at a low cost and removes the hassle of dual booting the machine. Another useful feature that most virtualization software packages provide is the cloning of virtual machines that you can use to create multiple copies of the same machine. In a real-world penetration test, you might need to clone and duplicate your testing machine in order to install additional hacking tools and to make configuration changes in Kali Linux, keeping a copy of the earlier image to be used as a base image in ...