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#014 - How to verify Kali Linux download using SHA256sum

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  1. Downloada kali for vmware https://www.kali.org/get-kali/#kali-virtual-machines
  2. Check the SHA256 sum
fcb1fea5279471d7015a3837e68e24eefa05f3b5e1f8ad6fb6a3c85a658619aa
  1. Calculate the SHA256 sum for the file you downloaded
certutil -hashfile .\kali-linux-2024.2-vmware-amd64.7z SHA256
  1. I get
fcb1fea5279471d7015a3837e68e24eefa05f3b5e1f8ad6fb6a3c85a658619aa
  1. Compare the sums (don’t use your eyes) -eq
"fcb1fea5279471d7015a3837e68e24eefa05f3b5e1f8ad6fb6a3c85a658619aa" -eq "fcb1fea5279471d7015a3837e68e24eefa05f3b5e1f8ad6fb6a3c85a658619aa"
  1. The output is
True
  1. Next, use the description https://www.kali.org/docs/virtualization/import-premade-vmware/

    Description is made for VMware Desktop Hypervisors https://www.vmware.com/content/vmware/vmware-published-sites/us/products/desktop-hypervisor.html.html.html

    But also works for Mware Workstation Player https://www.vmware.com/products/workstation-player/workstation-player-evaluation.html