14 DAY TRIAL // Offensive Security has launched Kali Linux, advertised as being a more mature and more secure enterprise-ready version of BackTrack Linux, the popular distribution designed for forensics and penetration testing.
To make the new toolkit even more efficient, Rapid 7 has announced that it would officially provide Metasploit support for Kali Linux.
“Metasploit has been one of the most important solutions for penetration testers on BackTrack,” commented Mati Aharoni, lead trainer and developer at Offensive Security.
“As we were looking to make Kali Linux a more robust security auditing toolkit, it was critical to get Rapid7 on board to package this important and powerful software. We're very happy to see Rapid7 join us as an official Kali Linux contributor.”
Kali Linux incorporates over 300 pentesting and security auditing tools to allow security professionals and IT administrators to properly test their networks.
“We built Metasploit to level the playing field for defenders; arming them with the same tools the attackers have. Offensive Security takes this even further, bringing hundreds of such tools together in Kali Linux to streamline security auditing,” said HD Moore, chief architect for Metasploit at Rapid7.
Kali Linux is available for download here