At the moment it runs the Kali RPi image, and I’ve been automating and scripting several different tasks. The need came from just needing a small device I could plug into a network and capture packets while having more capabilities of running a true linux distro, which devices like the packet squirell and openwrt lacked. Basically on a need to basis and whatnot, but this is not a hardware implant that gets left behind. I do have laptops and could use those, but I’ve found laptops a bit bulky and annoying at times while also possibly drawing more attention, especially by a kid wearing a hoodie. Also gave me the opportunity to use hardware I have lying around, which has been making me feel less of a hoarder (I really like hardware).

I do plan on adding other scripts and service files for other tools, but at the moment it does what I need it to.

I did use the wifi pineapple nano I had lying around as the AP and use the USB eth, but that proved to be very finicky with mostly power, and it just wasn’t as reliable as using the mini router and using rj45 eth. One of the challenges right now is cable management, but I think I’m going to try to solve that by creating a mini cable board out of plastic or wood. Hopefully, once I get the other parts I need, I can get a pelican case or similar and put everything in there.

Probably will end up a bit bulkier than I would like, but this isn’t the RPi Zero W idea I have, which will be more compact than this one.

EDIT: I chose Kali over other images because it had all the tools I needed and possibly wanted, all there in the repos and in metapackages. I could install everything on Debian, but if I want to set up a tool not in the repos that could cause problems, plus Kali is also configured to run the tools as optimized as possible.