How to install and secure xampp in kali linux:

Xampp in kali linux:

What is Xampp and why install it ?

XAMPP is an Apache distribution completely free, containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. The open source XAMPP package has been set up to be incredibly easy to install and use.

• You can use XAMMP to create your own local server on linux to test your skills.
• You can run vulnerable Web pages in xammp for testing and improving your skills in the field of security.

We will install xampp to test the security of our web pages with different ways and different vulnerabilities on several Script.

In kali linux we can renounce to installing xampp. Kali Linux is complete and does not need additional program to create a local server, but to make our task easier we will install xampp.

How to install Xamppin Kali Linux:

First step you need to download Xampp here.

Change the permission of the file withe:

root@k4linux: chmod +x xampp-linux*.run

Run the file to install xampp:

root@k4linux: ./xampp-linux*.run

and flow the instruction.

Watch the video tutorial for more explanations :

How to use Xampp:

To start it up, open a terminal and type:

root@k4linux: /opt/lampp/lampp start

To stop it, open a terminal and type:

root@k4linux: /opt/lampp/lampp stop

To restart it, open a terminal and type:

root@k4linux: /opt/lampp/lampp restart

How to secure xampp:

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