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Where is this company located?

Where is this company located? Or does it even have a central address? If not, are the people behind it even located in one country? If so, which one? Thanks in advance to anybody who knows. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.113.136 (talk) 07:03, January 11, 2016 (UTC)

Kali name origin?

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The Kernel Auditing Linux statement was added by an IP editor, without any citation Special:Diff/948238360 shortly before before April Fools' Day 2020, and persisted. I agree it seems bogus and should have been deleted. However, the current brief statement, "The name was inspired by the Hindu goddess Kali" is not fully supported, even by the current citation video - i.e. Verification Fail. Gorman says one thing about Kali deity first, but Wilson does not agree, saying "I've heard various different stories... It's just Kali" Then they list various different meanings of Kali, which they think fit well. Another primary source also lists several possibilities, but concludes "None of the above." [1] Secondary sources, such as a couple previously added by me here Special:Diff/951186819 supported the Hindu goddess or demon. So, I am deleting the overly simple statement. Something with more detail seems appropriate. Also, citations have been mangled and are not used for some statements. -- Yae4 (talk) 21:47, 9 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

Offensive Security to OffSec Rebranding discussion

Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

FYI, An RfC for discussion of wiki-correct handling of the rebrand of Offensive Security to OffSec is at Talk:OffSec#Wiki-correct_handling_of_Rebranding_of_Offensive_Security_to_OffSec?. -- Yae4 (talk) 11:33, 27 April 2023 (UTC)Reply

Remove most of "software contained" from intro section: not very useful unstructured list

Latest comment: 5 days ago2 comments2 people in discussion

I'd advocate for that whole paragraph being removed. I'd go for something like

> Kali provides tools for coffee making, dishwashing, car repair and exploitation of oil.

Same for the Mr. Robot paragraph: Yes, it might be of interest which tools where highlighted in a popular TV series, but it's not what the brief opener section needs to list and contributes nothing to the reader who wants to understand, by and large, what Kali is and why it is well-known. MüllerMarcus (talk) 17:17, 24 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Go for it - WP:BB and I will glady support you with copy edit. OceanLoop (talk) 17:27, 24 August 2025 (UTC)Reply