Great OS for closing all security holes.
July 13, 2021

Great OS for closing all security holes.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Kali Linux

As a consultant working for a consulting company, this flavour of Linux called Kali Linux is being used across by several customers of ours. We also use for Kali Linux in few of our in house off shore development centers within the organization. The main goals for using Kali Linux is for high security and penetration testing with in and across various departments.

Pros

  • Provides high security.
  • Does great job with penetration testing.
  • Has good number of testing tools with in.

Cons

  • Usage wise, it is tough for use by beginners. Can be improved.
  • With Kali Linux have noticed driver related issues especially with Nvidia graphics cards.
  • Kali Linux can be improved for use as a day to day OS.
  • High number of inbuilt testing tools.
  • Good for penetration testing of in house applications.
  • Capable of knowing and creating back doors with in an application.
  • Initial stages of figuring out back doors in an application hence making them secure.
  • ROI is good as it reduces in production security threats by letting us know well in advance.
  • Entire development team along with its designers get a huge sigh of relief as all security holes are sealed well in advance before going into production.
As Parrot security OS is relatively new to the game, Kali Linux has an edge as it is in the market since 2013. Kali Linux has an advantage that it is opensource and has good back end technical support by open source developers worldwide. Also Parrot security OS is based on cloud environments and Kali Linux OS is made to run in house.

Do you think Kali Linux delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Kali Linux's feature set?

Yes

Did Kali Linux live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Kali Linux go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Kali Linux again?

Yes

Kali Linux is especially well suited in environments where high security is needed for your custom developed applications. This is well suited for offensive testing your high security in house developed applications. It is also very good for doing penetration testing on in house developed applications and safe guarding them from external attackers. Kali Linux is tough for use as a day to day Linux operating system as this was never intended to be used by beginners and occasional Linux users.

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