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Sliim / pentest-env

Pentest environment deployer (kali linux + targets) using vagrant and chef.
http://sliim.github.io/pentest-env/
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Instance info #41

Closed traviswpeters closed 6 years ago

traviswpeters commented 7 years ago

Is there a source for more insight into what the different instances really are and what makes them different?

Sliim commented 7 years ago

Between which instances do you want more details? For kali instances, the difference is only the desktop manager (and the kali-light is lighter than others).

traviswpeters commented 7 years ago

The "light" aspect I could discern at a high level, but I'm not sure what that really equates to. You say the real difference is the desktop manager - but if I change the settings to bring up the VM with vagrant with no gui, and ssh in rather than using the, e.g., VirtualBox GUI, then the desktop manager isn't being used either way, right? In this situation, are the default and light instance the same? Also, I'm curious if there is any difference in SW installed.

You must have had some process to create the base images for all of these, (e.g., the default, -light, -mate) - So I guess I'm just curious about what makes them different so that I know which one to use.

Sliim commented 6 years ago

All Kali linux ISO (non light) have the kali-linux-full metapackage installed. The light version contains only the kali-linux metapackage. See https://www.kali.org/news/kali-linux-metapackages/.

And yes, if you run the box without GUI the desktop manager isn't being used...

Kali documentation: https://www.kali.org/kali-linux-documentation/