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Parrot OS · Deep Dive · 12 volumes

Parrot OS

The OS the rest of the bench talks to.

The Debian-based pentest distro that's the bench OS for half this gear.

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Volumes

  1. Vol 1 Parrot OS Volume 1 — Overview, History, Editions, and the Parrot-vs-Kali Question What it is, where it came from, which edition matters for which job, and why Jeff is putting it on the T480
  2. Vol 2 Parrot OS Volume 2 — The ThinkPad T480 Host Platform Hardware walkthrough, the recommended modifications BOM, BIOS prep for Linux, and the considered no-buy list
  3. Vol 3 Parrot OS Volume 3 — Dual-Boot Architecture, the Bootloader, BitLocker, Secure Boot The theory of how two operating systems share one disk safely, and the choices you make before touching the installer
  4. Vol 4 Parrot OS Volume 4 — Installation Walkthrough Back up Windows, shrink the partition, write the USB stick, run the installer, verify the dual boot
  5. Vol 5 Parrot OS Volume 5 — First-Boot Setup, Hardening, AnonSurf, Recovery Snapshots The 90 minutes after the install completes that determine how the system feels for the next year
  6. Vol 6 Parrot OS Volume 6 — Tool Inventory and Kali Parity What ships in Parrot, what Kali has that Parrot doesn't, how to bridge the gap cleanly
  7. Vol 7 Parrot OS Volume 7 — Workflow, Desktop, Terminal, Dotfiles, Engagement Folders The daily-driver muscle memory — how the keyboard, the windows, the panes, the notes line up
  8. Vol 8 Parrot OS Volume 8 — Wireshark Part 1: Install, Capture, Filters Architecture, installation on both Windows and Parrot, the GUI walkthrough, capture vs display filters, the BPF and Wireshark-filter cookbooks
  9. Vol 9 Parrot OS Volume 9 — Wireshark Part 2: Analysis, Decryption, tshark, Cross-OS Workflows Protocol dissectors with worked examples, Follow Stream, TLS and WPA2 decryption, tshark scripting, the cross-OS pcap pipeline
  10. Vol 10 Parrot OS Volume 10 — Other Essential Tools and Lab VMs Editors, browsers, password managers, VPNs, KVM, Docker, the intentionally-vulnerable lab VMs to practice against
  11. Vol 11 Parrot OS Volume 11 — Integration with the Hack Tools Hardware Lineup The udev rules, group memberships, USB passthrough, and tool installations that connect Parrot to every device already on the bench
  12. Vol 12 Parrot OS Volume 12 — Operational Posture, Legal, and the Field Cheatsheet Lab discipline, scope of engagement, evidence handling, comparison vs neighbors, the laminate-ready field card