September 2021
Intermediate to advanced
376 pages
9h 25m
English
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1SETTING UP
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
–Lao Tzu
Welcome to the first step in your hacking journey. In this chapter, we’ll set up your lab environment, which will consist of five virtual machines:
A pfSense Virtual Machine An open source router/firewall to protect the vulnerable virtual machines from outside hackers.
A Kali Linux Virtual Machine The machine that contains the hacking tools discussed in this book.
Two Ubuntu Linux Desktop Virtual Machines Machines that we’ll use to demonstrate attacks on desktop/laptop environments.
A Metasploitable Virtual Machine The machine that we’ll use to demonstrate attacks on ...