Step 2: Create a Virtual Machineīefore we can boot up the OS, we need a machine to try it out on. If the file name is different or a newer version, make sure to swap that out in the command you use above. If your hash matches up, you're good to move on to the next step, booting the OS. To verify the hash in Linux, open a terminal and use sha1sum. To verify the hash in macOS, open a terminal and execute shasum. certutil -hashfile Parrot-security-4.6_amd64 SHA1

To verify the hash in Windows, open a command prompt and execute certutil. The hashes for the current version of Parrot Security (4.6) are available from Parrot's site. If the hashes do not match up, you may have a modified copy or a corrupted ISO, neither of which you should use. Once the download is complete, it's essential to verify the hash. You can find it on the Parrot Security site along with the hashes for the ISO. The first step is to grab a copy of the Parrot Security ISO. Parrot Security does work as a live ISO, but I generally like to try things out installed and persistent. I installed Parrot Security in a VirtualBox VM. With the background out of the way, let's take a look at Parrot Security. Parrot Security OS running in VirtualBox. Working with the operating system itself will feel familiar, and there is no need to re-learn package management or distribution specifics. Parrot Security OS is a solid general use desktop workstation with plenty of security tools included to keep us happily hacking away!įans of Kali Linux will appreciate that Parrot is Debian-derived. Parrot OS has quite a few targeted use-cases, but that doesn't detract from the main distribution.

Parrot Security is the original Parrot OS and is designed with penetration testing, forensics, development, and privacy in mind.Parrot IoT is designed for low-resource devices such as the Pine64, OrangePi, and Raspberry Pi 3.It's designed to deploy on a VPS and function as a jump box. Parrot Cloud targets server applications, giving the user access to the full suite of penetration testing tools included in Parrot Security, minus the graphical front end.Parrot Studio is designed with multimedia creation in mind.Parrot Air is focused on wireless penetration testing.Parrot Home, targeted towards desktop users, strips out the penetration-testing packages and presents a nicely configured Debian environment.Initially released in 2013, Parrot has grown rapidly and currently offers many different flavors targeted towards different use-cases. Parrot Security OS is a Debian-derived operating system for general use, pentesting, and forensics.

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