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Installing Kali and the Lab Setup

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

Lab architecture and considerations
Installing VirtualBox
Installing Kali on VirtualBox
Using Kali Linux from bootable media
Upgrading Kali Linux
Understanding the advanced customization and optimization of Kali
Installing Windows machines
Installing Metasploitable
Installing OWASP-BWA
Understanding hack me and other online resources

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