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Aren't the people who know and understand the tools they use, the same people who can install security utilities on any distro? What is the purpose of this dis

• saagarjha 6y ago
  It’s all of them in one place.
• Taek 6y ago
  Less hassle. Plus if you are part of the community you get a better view on what tools are getting more prominent and what fixes or updates are being released. I'm sure nobody who uses Kali needs it to exist, but that doesn't mean it doesn't add value.
• bashwizard 6y ago
  Convenience.
• _kbh_ 6y ago
  Installing some of these tools is annoying, let alone all of them. Having them in a easy to run image / VM makes life really easy.
• viro 6y ago
  laziness. well thats at least why I use it.
• crims0n 6y ago
  It is meant to be run in a VM. Spin it up, log in as root, and go to work. It keeps your pentest machine separate from your daily driver - which you want to do for a myriad of reasons, not least of which is keeping your personal computer off a network that is actively being attacked.
• itomato 6y ago
  It's just another type of test harness. It's Debian Live, so you can extend or customize it to suit a particular need. That it is ready to run and leaves no trace adds a lot of value. You may not win a bounty from a vendor, but it's pretty trivial to take their app, add it to an image and expose potential vectors. Your own PIR may benefit from the forensics tools (without the lead time of getting them working). It doesn't deliver any 'security' on its own.