The installation through the AWS EC2 interface is dead simple. Point, click. Cutting keys and firing up ssh is also easy. But before you get too comfortable, there’s a few things you should know. First, unlike every preceding version of BackTrack and Kali, you do not just log in as root and leave it there. In order to meet the Amazon terms of service, you must log in as a lower-level user (in this case, user “kali”) and then su to root: $ sudo su # <-- and you are root! Note no password is required. You should consider running ‘passwd’ to ensure your instance requires one. No one will ever, ever guess ‘toor’. You’re welcome. Second, you should also know this is a “barebones” install. I couldn’t find what the “barebones” term meant anywhere on the kali.org website or support forums. Well it actually means “The Kali Amazon image is what we call a ‘minimal image’, meaning, no tools pre-installed. You can install any tools you need individually, or...