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2.1.1. Where to Download
The only official source of Kali Linux ISO images is the Downloads section of the Kali website. Due to its popularity, numerous sites offer Kali images for download, but they should not be considered trustworthy and indeed may be infected with malware or otherwise cause irreparable damage to your system.
➨ https://www.kali.org/downloads/
The website is available over HTTPS, making it difficult to impersonate. Being able to carry out a man-in-the-middle attack is not sufficient as the attacker would also need a www.kali.org cer- tificate signed by a Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificate authority that is trusted by the vic- tim’s browser. Because certificate authorities exist precisely to prevent this type of problem, they deliver certificates only to people whose identities have been verified and who have provided evidence that they control the corresponding website.
cdimage.kali.org The links found on the download page point to the cdimage.kali.org domain, which redirects to a mirror close to you, improving your transfer speed while reducing the burden on Kali’s central servers.
A list of available mirrors can be found here:
➨ http://cdimage.kali.org/README.mirrorlist
cdimage.kali.org The links found on the download page point to the cdimage.kali.org domain, which redirects to a mirror close to you, improving your transfer speed while reducing the burden on Kali’s central servers.
A list of available mirrors can be found here:
➨ http://cdimage.kali.org/README.mirrorlist