Technical requirements
The technical requirements for this chapter are as follows:
- Minimum: Should be a computing device with either amd64 (x86_64/64-bit) or i386 (x86/32-bit) architectures. Kali recommends the amd64 option. The system should contain at least 2 GB of RAM and 20 GB of disk space. However, some of the tools contained within Kali Linux tend to be resource hogs; Burp Suite is famous for this. The Kali installation page at https://www.kali.org/docs/installation/hard-disk-install/ recommends as much as 8 GB of RAM if you intend to use such applications.
- Recommended: It is suggested by practitioners in the cybersecurity field state that you should aim for the amd64 (x86_64/64-bit) architecture with 8 GB of RAM – even more RAM if available – as well as up to 200 GB of disk space. Don’t worry if you don’t have these resources available. As long as you can meet the minimum requirements, you will be fine for the purposes of learning and...