Overview
This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for support and maintenance by AskforCloud LLC.
Kali Linux (formerly known as BackTrack Linux) is an open-source, Debian-based Linux distribution aimed at advanced Penetration Testing and Security Auditing. It does this by providing common tools, configurations, and automations which allows the user to focus on the task that needs to be completed, not the surrounding activity.
Kali Linux contains industry specific modifications as well as several hundred tools targeted towards various Information Security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics, Reverse Engineering, Vulnerability Management and Red Team Testing.
Kali Linux is a multi-platform solution, accessible and freely available to information security professionals and hobbyists.
Kali Linux Features:
- More than 600 penetration testing tools included.
- Free and always will be: Kali Linux, like BackTrack, is completely free of charge and always will be. You will never, ever have to pay for Kali Linux.
- Open source Git tree: We are committed to the open source development model and our development tree is available for all to see.
- FHS compliant: Kali adheres to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, allowing Linux users to easily locate binaries, support files, libraries, etc.
- Completely customizable
- Wide-ranging wireless device support
Disclaimer: This Virtual machine offer contains free and open source software. All the softwares, trademarks used in the Virtual machine offer are the exclusive property of their respective owners. Askforcloud LLC does not offer commercial license of the product mentioned above.
Highlights
- Kali Linux is an open-source, Debian-based Linux distribution geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security Research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering.
- Kali Linux is a multi-platform solution, accessible and freely available to information security professionals and hobbyists.
Details
Typical total price
$0.146/hour
Pricing
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Instance type | Product cost/hour | EC2 cost/hour | Total/hour |
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t2.nano | $0.01 | $0.006 | $0.016 |
t2.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.01 | $0.012 | $0.022 |
t2.small | $0.01 | $0.023 | $0.033 |
t2.medium Recommended | $0.10 | $0.046 | $0.146 |
t2.large | $0.10 | $0.093 | $0.193 |
t2.xlarge | $0.10 | $0.186 | $0.286 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.10 | $0.371 | $0.471 |
t3.nano | $0.01 | $0.005 | $0.015 |
t3.micro AWS Free Tier | $0.01 | $0.01 | $0.02 |
t3.small | $0.01 | $0.021 | $0.031 |
Additional AWS infrastructure costs
Type | Cost |
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EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes | $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage |
Vendor refund policy
For this offer, Askforcloud LLC does not offer refund, you can cancel at anytime.
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Latest Version - https://www.kali.org/blog/
Additional details
Usage instructions
Connect to EC2 Linux instance - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AccessingInstances.html ( Port - 22 and Username - kali )
To configure Kali - https://www.kali.org/docs/cloud/aws/
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