CHAPTER 19 Building a Test Lab for Penetration Testing
Let’s finish our voyage of discovery of the pentesting field by talking about how can continue to develop your skills. The best way to gain experience is to get your hands dirty. Unfortunately, you can easily get into trouble if you’re not careful because you cannot just choose some random targets and attack them with the various hacking tools and techniques discussed within this book. Not only is doing so ethically wrong, but it is also illegal.
Therefore, the best way for you to practice what’s covered in this book is to build your own lab environment. With it, you can practice with tools without finding yourself on the wrong end of the law.
In this chapter, you’ll learn to:
- Understand ...
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