Using Kali Linux to Set Up User and Group Accounts and to Encrypt/Decrypt Files
In this blog, I will be detailing how to install Kali Linux, set up a group account, a user account, and to encrypt and decrypt a file. In this fictional scenario, user Jane Doe will be added to the group, Analysts, where she will send an encrypted file (named testfile) via an encrypted email. Kali Linux is an operating system that is useful for information security tasks, including penetration testing, digital forensics, and security research. I will be using the Oracle VM VirtualBox to run Kali Linux. The purpose of this blog is to show how to use Linux commands to create accounts and encrypt/decrypt files. STEP 1: DOWNLOAD VIRTUAL MACHINE AND KALI LINUX I am using the Oracle VM VirtualBox. This can be downloaded at https://www.virtualbox.org / Kali Linux can be downloaded at https://www.kali.org/get-kali/#kali-platform (I downloaded the Virtual Machines; VirtualBox 64-bit as recommended) STEP 2: LOG INTO KALI LINUX AND OPEN THE TERMINAL The default username and password will