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Kali Linux Cookbook

You're reading from   Kali Linux Cookbook When you know what hackers know, you're better able to protect your online information. With this book you'll learn just what Kali Linux is capable of and get the chance to use a host of recipes.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783289592
Length 260 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Kali Linux Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Up and Running with Kali Linux FREE CHAPTER 2. Customizing Kali Linux 3. Advanced Testing Lab 4. Information Gathering 5. Vulnerability Assessment 6. Exploiting Vulnerabilities 7. Escalating Privileges 8. Password Attacks 9. Wireless Attacks Index

Applying updates and configuring extra security tools


In this recipe, we will cover the process of updating Kali and configuring some extra tools which will be useful in later chapters and recipes. As Kali packages are constantly updated between releases, you will soon find that a newer set of tools are available than what were originally downloaded on your DVD ROM. We will start by updating our installation, obtaining an activation code for Nessus, and conclude by installing Squid.

How to do it...

Let's begin the process of applying updates and configuring extra security tools:

  1. Update the local package index with the latest changes made in the repositories:

    apt-get update
    
  2. Upgrade the existing packages:

    apt-get upgrade
    
  3. Upgrade to the latest version (if available):

    apt-get dist-upgrade
    
  4. Obtain an activation code for Nessus by registering at http://www.nessus.org/products/nessus/nessus-plugins/obtain-an-activation-code.

  5. Activate Nessus by executing the following command:

    /opt/nessus/bin/nessus...
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