qubes-doc/managing-os/pentesting.md
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**Legal notice:**
The usage of penetration testing tools outside your own laboratory environment requires the permission of the organization you attack. Penetration testing without such a permission can have legal consequences.
To avoid such legal conflicts please refer to the [Code of Ethics](https://www.eccouncil.org/Support/code-of-ethics).
Penetration Testing
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"A penetration test, informally pen test, is an attack on a computer system that looks for security weaknesses, potentially gaining access to the computer's features and data." (source [Penetration test](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetration_test)).
Penetration Testing Distributions:
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The following install instructions explain how to setup a penetration testing distribution within Qubes OS.
- [BlackArch](/doc/blackarch/)
- [Kali](/doc/kali/)
- [PenTester Framework (PTF)](/doc/ptf/)
Using Qubes OS to host a "hacking" laboratory
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Qubes OS is a hypervisor based operating system. Qubes OS can various operating systems such as Linux, Unix or Windows in parallel. Qubes OS can therefor be used to host your own "hacking" laboratory.
- [Creating and Using HVM Domains](/doc/hvm-create/)
- [Templates](/doc/templates/)