Dernière mise à jour: 17 mai 2024
If you're a pentester, Bug Bounty bounty hunter, security researcher, or just an ethical hacking enthusiast, chances are you already know that some Linux distros are designed specifically for this. There is a wide choice of distribution designed to keep our geek mind satisfied.
It all started with distributions like backbox, Blackarch, a few others… Then, kali linux has emerged and the world of security has changed greatly.
It's the community's favorite operating system, and even Mr. Robot has been shown to use it. Kali has a lot of cool things, a great community… It's like the perfect sword in the hands of an ultimate warrior.
I have been using Kali Linux formerly called Backtrack for 6 years and thought it was my favorite distro until I got my hands on Parrot OS. And since then I love him a little more every day. It has all the functions that Kali lacks or is difficult to implement.
What is Parrot OS?
Parrot OS is a computer security oriented GNU / Linux distribution based on a Debian and with MATE desktop environment. It is developed by the Frozenbox team.
The objective of Parrot Security OS is to provide a distribution grouping together all the tools necessary for IT security tests. It contains all the tools you need to be a perfect hacker.
Among these tools, we find:
- TOR to surf anonymously and to access the darknet,
- Sqlmap to detect and exploit SQL flaws,
- John ripper to do dictionary "password" attacks,
- Maltego to collect information about a person, etc.
- Metasploit to exploit vulnerabilities in computer systems and software
- Nmap to detect open ports, identify hosted services, and obtain operating system information from a remote computer
- Ethercap to snort and analyze a computer network
- fern wifi cracker to hack your neighbor's wifi network
- The Harvester for retrieve email addresses and also the subdomains linked to a website.
Reasons why I prefer Parrot:
- Appearance: although the choice of appearance is personal, I cannot object to the fact that it is better than kali.
- Anonymity with Anon Surf: If you are doing something mean and want to be anonymous, you can do it with one click. Anrot Surf is preinstalled and configured for the parrot.
- Programming environment: we have everything we need to develop our own software. Parrot comes with a bunch of text editor, it uses pluma as the default text editor, much better than Gedit.
- Many more tools: just like Kali, Parrot comes with a lot of tools… but if you see the sections, there are a lot of other tools that are not in kali, like Automative, Sys Service, etc. This is one of the important features that I prefer about Parrot, because the tools make life easier, and at Parrot there is no shortage of tools.
Note that there is also a version Cloud, which is installed on a server of your own and which allows you to use all the tools of Parrot Security OS remotely and anywhere
You can download Parrot Security OS on their new beautiful site or on Sourceforge. Hope you enjoy this distro.