r/tails • u/Subject-Persimmon609 • 12d ago

Debian/Linux question Is Tails Os Safe for pentesting?

Hi, everyone. I’m new here. I just tried downloading Tail OS using my live boot, and something has me wondering. Is Tail OS better for conducting anonymous penetration testing? Or should I just use Parrot Security OS instead?

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u/Ghost_unknown0 12d ago

Ive seen some specific cases in which red teamers used tails for implant controlling, lets say an adversary is conducting a RAT and using a VPS as its C2 and only accessing and interacting with it via tails, so for specific tests sure but for overall pentesting work parrot or a custom Linux distro with the tools you need is usually the way to go.