Damn Vulnerable Linux (DVL) is a distribution of GNU/Linux geared toward computer security students. It functions as a tool for observing and studying vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel and popular user space software. It is available as a live DVD, and may be run through a virtual machine within any host operating system. Pedagogy Damn Vulnerable Linux is a SLAX-based distribution, and uses the Slackware .tgz package management system. It was created by Thorsten Schneider, to use as a training system for his university lectures. It was created with outdated versions of various software, to deliberately make it the most vulnerable operating system ever.
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