Kali Linux Essentials Training

Design and set up a Kali Linux lab using VMware Workstation, configuring VMnet eight, NAT/host-only networks, and DHCP on the 192.168.114.x subnet to connect Windows, Metasploitable, XP, and Kali.

Download, unzip, and import the Kali Linux 2024.1 pre-built VM for VMware workstation, then configure memory, network, and login to access a ready-made Kali lab.

Download and install the OWASP Broken Web Application from SourceForge, import it into Kali Linux and Metasploitable, and log in with the default credentials to verify IP address via DHCP.

Download windows xp professional from a ready-made ova, import into VMware Workstation Pro, configure the network to nat for dhcp IP assignment, then log in as administrator with no password.

Download and extract Metasploitable 2, boot it in VMware with a net adapter, log in as MSF admin, configure IP, and verify connectivity from Kali Linux.

Download the latest Kali Linux iso from kali.org and install it from scratch in a VMware workstation, performing a graphical 64-bit installer with xfce desktop and basic setup.

Learn to install Kali Linux on Windows 11 with Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), enabling virtualization and using WSL to install Kali and access it graphically.

Install Kali Linux Purple on VMware Workstation Pro from scratch by downloading the Purple iso and running a graphical Debian 64-bit installation with identify, protect, detect, and recover.

Navigate a first-time Kali Linux login, explore the desktop, icons, and panels, open Firefox and terminal, manage workspaces, and configure network, notifications, and power settings.

Explore Linux desktop environments, including XFCE, KDE, and GNOME, and learn how window managers, file managers, panels, and themes shape user experience in Kali Linux.

Explore the Linux file system structure, where everything is a file under the root directory /, organized as an inverted tree of directories like bin, sbin, dev, lib, and var.

Enable root login on Kali Linux by installing the kali root login package and setting a new root password, enabling graphical login as root.

Explore how the Linux kernel acts as the brain of the operating system, mediating between hardware and software, managing resources, memory, processes, file systems, and device drivers.

The Linux shell is the interface between user and operating system, translating commands into terminal actions; Kali Linux uses Z shell by default, offering advanced completion and customizable prompts.

Explore the command line interface, terminal, and terminal emulator, learn how to interact with shells using commands with flags and arguments across Windows and Kali Linux.

Explore the Q terminal walkthrough in Kali Linux, a graphical terminal emulator that provides multiple tabs, split-screen panes, and predefined presets for efficient CLI interaction.

Learn Kali Linux terminal keyboard shortcuts to boost productivity, including opening terminals, zooming, and key editing commands like Ctrl-A, Ctrl-E, Ctrl-R, Ctrl-C, and Ctrl-D.

Master navigating the linux file system with pwd, cd, and ls; learn to move between directories, view paths, and list files using -l, -a, -h, -S, -t, and -R.

Learn to create and delete files and directories in Linux using mkdir, touch, rm, and rmdir, including nested folders with -p and recursive deletion with -r.

Learn to copy, move, and rename files and directories in Kali Linux using cp, mv, and rm, including recursive and interactive options for safe file management.

Learn essential Linux file viewing and listing commands, such as tail, head, wc, dir, less, diff, cmp, and file, to read, compare, and summarize file contents.

Learn Kali Linux help options using man, info, pinfo, and which to view command manuals and documentation, with references in usr/share/doc and kali.org/docs.

Update and upgrade Kali Linux with apt, maintain the correct repositories for a rolling release, and learn upgrade, full-upgrade, and dist-upgrade to improve security and performance.

Explore dpkg, a low level Debian package manager used in Kali Linux to install, remove, and manage packages, and compare it with apt's automatic dependency handling.

Learn apt, the advanced package tool for Kali and Debian-based systems, to install, update, upgrade, and remove software with automatic dependency handling and repository management.

Explore managing users and groups in Kali Linux, learn how permissions control read, write, and execute, and understand primary and supplementary groups, user IDs, and passwd and shadow files.

Master Kali Linux user and group management: add or delete users, set passwords, modify accounts with user mode, and manage groups and membership with group del and group mode.

Explore Linux special characters and their roles in scripting and the command line, including comments, semicolon and ampersand usage, dollar sign variables, pipes, redirection, quotes, tilde, and forward slash.

Explore shell special characters in Kali Linux, including comments, command separators, background processes, pipes, redirection, variables, wildcards, braces, subshells, here documents, quotes, and tilde home.

Master input output redirection in Linux by redirecting input from files, directing stdout and stderr to files, appending or overwriting, piping, and using dev null to discard output.

Practice input output redirection in kali linux: redirect stdout and errors to files, append with >>, route errors with 2>, combine commands with pipes, and take input from files.

Configure DNS in Kali Linux by editing resolv.conf, using network manager, and updating /etc/network/interfaces for static IP; verify changes across methods.

Explore configuring Kali Linux network interfaces using multiple methods: network manager (GUI or NM cli), the network configuration file, ifconfig replaced by ip, f config, and systemd-networkd.

Learn to configure Kali Linux network interfaces with ifconfig, setting IP address and subnet, bring interfaces up or down, and change MAC address; note deprecation and non-persistence.

Configure interfaces with ip command replaces ifconfig and route; manage ip addresses, routes, mac addresses, and neighbors with ip link, ip address, ip route, and ip neighbor show.

Configure Kali Linux network interfaces using the graphical network manager and nmcli. Create, edit, and manage wired and wireless connections, and set IPv4 addresses, gateway, and DNS.

Configure a static ip on kali linux by editing the network configuration file /etc/network/interfaces, setting address, netmask, gateway, and dns for persistence across reboots.

Learn to verify and troubleshoot Kali Linux network configuration with commands like IP address, IP route, ping, traceroute, tcpdump, dig, nslookup, and nmcli, plus dhclient, host, and arp.

Explore netstat for network statistics, displaying active connections, listening ports, PIDs, interfaces, and routing details on IPv4 and IPv6, with the note that it’s deprecated in favor of ss.

Learn how to use ss to inspect socket statistics, including tcp/udp sockets, ipv4/ipv6, listening and established states, with filtering by destination ip, source ip, port, and state.

Learn Linux file permissions in a multi-user system, covering owner, group, and other read, write, and execute, file types, and how to modify with plus, minus, and equal.

Learn the chmod symbolic method to set read, write, and execute permissions for user, group, and others in Kali Linux using +, -, and =.

Explore the numerical method for Linux permissions using three digits for owner, group, and other. Learn how 4, 2, and 1 combine to yield 7, 6, 5, 4, or 0.

Change file and folder ownership and group with the chown command, using a colon to set user and group. Apply -R with root privileges to modify contents recursively.

Explains u-mask as the default permission for new files and folders, with normal users 002 and root 022, generating 644 files and 755 directories, and how to adjust it.