If the values do not match, that means your download did not complete successfully and you will need to download the file again.
To compute the SHA256 checksum of the file, open the Terminal application, change to the directory that contains the downloaded archive and run the shasum -a 256 command as follows: shasum -a 256 the computed SHA256 checksum with the one shown above.
USING THE KALI VM UNDER LINUX Verifying the Download IntegrityĪs with macOS, the majority of Linux distributions do not require any additional software in order to verify the integrity of the downloaded file. To use Finder, navigate to the directory containing the extracted file, and double-click the file. To open and launch the extracted VM, you can either use Finder or the same terminal window from before. You can see where you extracted to and what was extracted by doing: mbp-pro:Downloads student$ pwd
MacPorts and Homebrew users who install the p7zip package can extract the archive at the command line as shown below: mbp-pro:Downloads student$ 7z x kali-linux-2021.3-vmware-amd64.7zħ-Zip 17.04 : Copyright (c) 1999-2016 Igor Pavlov :
7z archive, you will require a separate application, installed either through the app store, MacPorts, or Homebrew. To compute the SHA256 checksum of the file, open the Terminal application, change to the directory that contains the downloaded archive and run the shasum -a 256 command as follows: mbp-pro:Downloads student$ shasum -a 256 kali-linux-2021.3-vmware-amd64.7zĭe78b3f6e1599987934b04c4c1b002c0bde67822591fef0aaf5191e60eef3025kali-linux-2021.3-vmware-amd64.7z Unlike Windows, macOS does not require any additional software in order to verify the integrity of the downloaded file. USING THE KALI VM UNDER macOS Verifying the Download Integrity
Make sure you change the default password with the passwd command after you have logged in. Once the VM has booted, you can log in with the username of kali and the password of kali. Click the "I Copied It" button to continue. vmx file by disabling the "Hide extensions for known file types" item on View/Options menu.Īs the virtual machine is starting up, VMware will display a prompt asking if you moved or copied the VM. We recommend you to configure Windows Explorer to show the file extensions in order to locate the. To open and launch the extracted VM, open an Explorer window, navigate to the directory containing the extracted files, and double-click the file. Once installed, right-click the Kali VM archive and select Extract to "Kali-Linux-2021.3-vmware-amd64\" and the VM will be extracted into a new folder in the current directory. The 7-Zip application is the quickest and easiest way to extract. Do not proceed until you have a valid download or you will encounter issues going forward. SHA256 hash of kali-linux-2021.3-vmware-amd64.7z: de78b3f6e1599987934b04c4c1b002c0bde67822591fef0aaf5191e60eef3025ĬertUtil: -hashfile command completed successfully.Ĭompare the computed SHA256 checksum with the one shown above. C:\Users\student\Downloads>certutil -hashfile kali-linux-2021.3-vmware-amd64.7z sha256 Under Windows, you can use a command-line program like certutil which is installed as part of Certificate Services to verify that your download did not get corrupted. USING THE KALI VM UNDER WINDOWS Verifying the Download Integrity This Kali VM has the following credentials:
The download URL, size, and SHA256 checksum for the Kali VM are as follows:
Windows and Linux users can use either VMware Workstation or the free VMware Workstation Player, whereas macOS users will require VMware Fusion.įree trials are available for both Workstation and Fusion if you do not already have a license for them. The Kali VM we recommend in this article is built for use with VMware products. We strongly recommend that all Offsec students use the Kali VMware image for the most streamlined experience.