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Imagine picking Kali Linux on Microsoft Store:

 

 

Two videos:

[arve url= »https://vimeo.com/250475157″ /]

[arve url= »https://vimeo.com/255052199″ /]

Install Kali and Launch

 

Just create new Kali user:

 

 

Run the command cat /etc/issue and/or cat /etc/os-release to verify the environment

 

[email protected]:~$ cat /etc/issue
Kali GNU/Linux Rolling \n \l
[email protected]:~$ cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME= »Kali GNU/Linux Rolling »
NAME= »Kali GNU/Linux » ID=kali
VERSION= »2018.1″
VERSION_ID= »2018.1″
ID_LIKE=debian
ANSI_COLOR= »1;31″
HOME_URL= »http://www.kali.org/ »
SUPPORT_URL= »http://forums.kali.org/ » BUG_REPORT_URL= »http://bugs.kali.org/ »
[email protected]:~$

 

Navigate to: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Packages\kali*

 

Copy full path.

 

Add it as a security exception in Windows Defender (Windows Defender Security Center -> Virus and Threat Protection -> Virus & Threat Protection Settings -> Add and Remove Exclusions -> Add Exclusion -> Folder)

 

In our case: C:\Users\jpier\AppData\Local\Packages\KaliLinux.54290C8133FEE_ey8k8hqnwqnmg

 

This step is of paramount importance, otherwise Windows Defender will not be happy!

 

Then run this:
sudo apt-get update

Now Install a GUI  Yes you can!

 

# Install XFCE4, this will take a while…
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y –force-yes
sudo apt-get –yes –force-yes install kali-desktop-xfce xorg xrdp

# Configure XRDP to listen on port 3390 (but not starting the service)
sudo sed -i ‘s/port=3389/port=3390/g’ /etc/xrdp/xrdp.ini

 

# Now start xrdp:
sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp start

 

Open a remote connection to the server

 

(start -> run -> mstsc) @ localhost/127.0.0.1:3390.

 

 

Then you can see this:

 

 

After logging, you can do whatever you feel like:

 

Let’s change name servers:

sudo echo nameserver 1.1.1.1 > /etc/resolv.conf

sudo echo nameserver 1.0.0.1 >> /etc/resolv.conf

Here, we are surfing on our website:

 

 

Let’s go ahead and install some Kali Tools:

sudo apt-get install nmap wireshark hashcat

 

sudo apt-get install metasploit-framework

sudo apt-get install postgresql

sudo /etc/init.d/postgresql start

sudo msfdb init 2>/dev/null

# Optional

# access console to test

# msfconsole -q

Seems easy enough though. Give it a try 😀

 

To close:

 

sudo /etc/init.d/xrdp stop

 

sudo apt-get clean

 

exit

 

Kali is not alone: Other distributions side by side on my WSL:

 

openSUSE, SUSE, Ubuntu, Debian. Waiting for Fedora 🙁

 

 

Cheers and have a lot of fun 😀