Jan 27 - Setting up A Hacking Lab
The idea this week is to set up a virtual hacking lab-- safe from the network of the school, and robust enough to emulate any conditions we desire. Each book in my resource section offers an introductory chapter detailing how this could be setup, including various hardware requirements. However, there is a book I would like to use for this specifically (a copy included in the resource section). Published August of last year,
The Network Security Test Lab: A Step-by-Step Guide.
This whole book is dedicated to the subject. Looking at the table of contents, the first two chapters outline setting up/working with a virtual lab. I do have most of the hardware the author wants, including an external network card capable of monitor mode I bought over break. The next chapters go into passive information gathering, linux commands, wireshark, port scanning... topics I covered in Network Security last semester. This will be a great review and might even fill in some tiny gaps.
There is still a lot to the book after that point, including enumerating systems and their firewalls, forensic detection, introductions to industry pen testing tools, wifi/bluetooth security, intro to malware and more. The title of the book is misleading, it covers more than just setting up. I imagine I will spend most of my time setting up, and will post here about it. Then I'll complete all the chapter exercises for the chapters that feel like review. Once I'm at that point, I'll see what else I can get to.
Discussion in class
social engineering : Amazon customer service back door
wireless hardware for packet manipulation - what dylan is using
