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short note on kali linux
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- Your company has a VPN or any other remote access techniques and you want to test that particular point.
- Your application has webservers with databases, so you might want to get it tested for SQL injection attacks which is one of the most crucial tests on a webserver. In addition, you can check if your webserver is immune to DoS attacks.
## Penetration testing tools
The most flexible and powerful tool used for penetration testing is **kali** linux operating system .With the kali linux os pentration tester gets a flexible platform to perform the panoply of penetration task such as enumerating a target,identifying vulnerabilities,and exploiting targets in a networked environment
## Quick Tips
Before going ahead with a penetration test, you should keep the following points in mind