Learn Ethical hacking part 2

BuildyourKaliLinuxhackingenvironment!
Imaginehowmucheasierhackingwouldbeifyou hadall thetoolsyou need pre-installedonyourcomputer.Well,KaliLinuxisadistro(distribution)that comeswithover300toolsthatahackerandanyothercomputerprofessional willfindveryuseful.
Partofbecomingahacker,whateveryourmotivations,ishavingallthetoolsat yourdisposalforwhenyouneedthem.Inthissecondhouroflearningtobea hacker,wewillfigureouthowtoinstallavirtualmachineonyourLinuxandrun KaliLinuxfromit. 

2.1CautionforBeginners:Donotbe‘thatguy.'

Itisnaturalforabeginnerinhackingtowantmagic,justthewayHollywoodhas convincedusthewayhackingshouldbe.Sadly,therearenotoolsthatyou can justGoogleanddownloadthenpressafewbuttons,andyou haveaccesstothe CIAservers.Ifhackingwerethiseasy,thenthehackerswouldnotbethe glorifiedgeniusesthattheyaretoday.DonotbethatguythatwantsmagicNOW andeasilygivesupwhenittakesevenalittlemoreeffortandtimetomake magichappen.
Thetruthis,hackingisanartthatrequiresskillsthattakeyearsoflearningand practicing.Whereyouarenowisthefirststep,butremembereveryonestarted here.Whetheryouhavesomeexperienceinhackingorareacompletenewbie, justaslongasyouarenotcompletelynewtocomputersorprogramming,then hackingmethodologieswillbesimplertograspthanyouimagined.
Inthissection,youwilllearnhowtoinstallKaliLinuxonyourmachinetohave allyourtoolsinoneplaceifyoudonotalreadyhaveitinyoursystem.Ifyouare newtoKaliandwouldliketoknowwhatKaliis,youbettertakeafewminutes toreadtheofficialKalidocumentationonhttp://docs.kali.org

2.2WhatisKaliLinux?

KaliisaDebian-basedLinuxdistributionoperatingsystemthatcomeswitha widerangeofhackertoolsfrompenetrationtestingtosecurityauditing.The operatingsystemisfunded,developed,andmaintainedbyOffensiveSecurity, oneofthemostrecognizablecompanieswhenitcomestoinformationsecurity training.KaliLinuxwasunveiledinMarch2013astop-to-bottomandextensive rebuildoftheBackTrackLinuxthatadheredfullytothedevelopmentstandards ofDebian.
Thefirststeptobeingagoodhackeristosetupakindoflaboratorywithallthe basicresourcestopracticeyourhacks.ForustorunKaliLinuxandtake advantageofthehundredsoftoolsitoffers,wewillneedanotherpieceof software-avirtualenvironmentthatsimulatesadifferentcomputerwithinyour computer.
Inthiscase,wewillusetheVMwareWorkstationPlayer.Thereareofcourse otherplatformsthatyoucanuseincludingOracle’sVirtualBox,Microsoft’s VirtualPC,KVM,Citrix,andHyper-V.VMWareWorkstationPlayerisfreefor non-commercialuse,butwhileithaslimitedfeaturescomparedtoWorkstation whichisbuiltforprofessionals,ithaseverythingabuddinghackerneeds.
Step1:Downloadthesoftwareyouneed
Beforeyougetstarted,itisimportantthatyouunderstandhowsoftware virtualizationworksandfindoutifyourcomputermeetsthebasichardware requirementstovirtualizeanentireoperatingsystem.Becausethise-bookis abouthacking,itwillassumethatyoualreadyhavetheknow-howtoviewyour system specificationsandevendownloadandinstallsoftware.
Thesoftwareyouneedtodownloadtogetstartedare:
1.VMwarePlayerdownloadhere: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/playerpro-evaluation.html
2.KaliLinuxdownloadhere:https://www.kali.org/downloads/or
3.VMwareimagesofKalihere:http://www.offensive-security.com/kalilinux-vmware-arm-image-download/
TheVMwareimageofKaliLinuxprovidedbyOffensiveSecurityallowsyouto usetheoperatingsystemtoolswithouthavingtocreateavirtualmachine-itis readytorunfromtheWorkstationPlayer.
Notethatthesesoftwareprogramsrunonallthethreemajoroperatingsystems-Windows7/10,OSX,andLinux.
Onceyouhavedownloadedallthenecessarysoftware,unzipthefilesandplace theminonedirectoryyoucaneasilyaccess.
Step2:InstallVMwareStationPlayer
InstallVMwarePlayeronyourcomputer.Afterinstallation,youshouldeasily startitbyclickingonashortcutonyourcomputer’s installed programslist.Here iswhat you shouldsee:

TheVMwareplayerwillpresentyouwithanoptiontocreateanewvirtual machine,theoptionwewilltakefornow,andtheoptiontoopenavirtual machine,theoptionwewillchooseafterwehavesetupKalionthe virtualizationplatform.
Step3:SetupKaliLinuxonVMware
Click‘CreateaNewVirtualMachine’ontheVMwareinterfaceandselect Installerdiskimage(iso).Browsetothedirectoryinwhichyouextractedthe softwareyoudownloadedandfindtheKaliLinuxISOthatyoudownloadedthen clickNext.SelecttheoperatingsystemUbuntuforthesystemyouareinstalling andchooseanameforyourvirtualmachineinthenextwindow.IchoseKali.

Inthenextscreen,setupthedisksizeforthenewoperatingsystemtobetween 20and30GBandselecttheoptiontostorevirtualdiskasasinglefile.

ClickNexttocontinue.Inthenextscreen,youshouldseeasummaryoftheset parametersforyournewvirtualOS.ClickonCustomizeHardwaretomake adjustmentstothehardwareprofile.
Thenecessaryadjustmentstomakeinthiswindoware:
Memory:Dependingonyourcomputer’sRAMcapacity,youshouldchooseat least512MBalthough2GBwouldbeideal.
Processors:Leavethissettingthewayitis.
NetworkAdapter:ChooseBridged:Connecteddirectlytothephysicalnetwork.
ClickClosetosavethechangesandclickFinishtocompletethesetup.

Yournewmachine runningonKaliLinuxOSisnowreadytobeinstalled.

Step4:InstallKaliLinux
WhenyoulaunchtheinstallationofKaliLinuxonVMware,scrolldownthe optionstoGraphicalInterfaceInstall andpressenter.

Installationstepsfromthispointshouldbeprettystraightforward.Theoptions youchooseineverystepare:
1.Selectlanguage
2.Selectyourregion/country.
3.Selecttherightkeyboard.
Waitforcomponentstobeinstalledandconfigured.
4.Enterahostnameforthenewmachine.
5.Enteradomainnametoconfigurethenetwork.
6.Setuprootpassword.Makesuretouseapasswordyouwillremember.
Waitforuseraccountdetailstobeconfigured.
7.Selectyourtimezonetoconfiguretheclock.
8.Whenpromptedtopartitiondisk,choose‘Guided-Useentiredisk.'
9.ClickContinuetoinstallontheselectedpartition.
10.Choosetostoreallthefilesinonepartition(recommendedfornewusers).
11.ClickContinuetoeffectthechangesandconfirmonthenextscreen.
Waitforthesystemtobeinstalled.

12.SelectNotouseaNetworkMirrorandclickContinuetoproceed.
13.ConfigureyourProxyifnecessaryandclickContinue.
Waitforconfigurationtocomplete.
14.WhenpromptedwhethertoinstallGRUBbootloadertothemasterboot record,clickYes thenContinueandchoose/dev/sdaastheinstalllocation.
15.Installationshouldtakeupto30minutestocompletebeforetheinstallationcompletenotificationisdisplayed.
Waitforthesystemtocompleteinstallationandrestart.
Step5:LogintoKaliLinuxonVMware
Afterbthesystem reboot

Usethefollowingdetailstologin:
Username:root
Password:thepassword yousetduringsetup
Congratulations!
Youhavesuccessfullysetupafully-featuredhackingenvironmentpoweredby KaliLinuxandrunningonVMware.Whenyoulogin,yourworkspaceshould looklikethis:

Inthenextpart,therealhackingbegins!