This is because using scripting languages such as BASH and lightweight languages such as Python makes it easy to write minimal code that accomplishes a lot. Is Linux enough for hacking?Ī good percentage of hacking tools are written for Linux. They don’t have the same tools, as Backtrack had some tools that was later removed from it, and vice versa with Kali. Kali is its updated reboot, mostly based on Debian (its current version is 2.0). Backtrack is the old distro, based off Ubuntu.
Kali Linux is the most widely known Linux distro for ethical hacking and penetration testing.īacktrack and Kali are essentially the same thing.
