WSL2 and Kali

Published

2019-06-13 00:00

Collected

2026-07-01 08:44

---
id: 72
title: "WSL2 and Kali"
source_domain: kali.org
source_url: "https://www.kali.org/blog/wsl2-and-kali/"
published_at: "2019-06-13 00:00"
tags: ["windows", "virtualization", "kali-linux", "wsl", "nmap", "compatibility"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/72"
lang: en
---

# WSL2 and Kali

## Summary

Early WSL2 testing shows Kali's pain points fading: the full VM-based subsystem fixes networking restrictions, and Nmap scans work out of the box. Existing WSL1 installs convert with a single command.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** kali.org
- **Published:** 2019-06-13 00:00
- **Original:** https://www.kali.org/blog/wsl2-and-kali/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/72