From the course: Introduction to Kali Linux for Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
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Setting up a virtual lab - Linux Tutorial
From the course: Introduction to Kali Linux for Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
Setting up a virtual lab
- Let's build a VirtualBox penetration testing lab. First of all, let's have a look at the design of the virtual lab we're building, I'll need a machine to run my test tools, which I'll load with the Kali Linux system. I'll need a target to test. And so, I'll use another virtual machine, and load it with the Metasploitable Linux distribution. This is a distribution of Linux, which is deliberately insecure, and designed to be used for security training purposes. I'll set up a standard Linux hosts to test against, and I will also want to windows targets. So I'll set up a fully functional time limited windows 10 system, downloaded from the Microsoft website. VirtualBox, provides a virtual network to connect these servers. And with this, I'll then have a computer and network environment for my testing. VirtualBox also provides network translation across a virtual gateway. Enabling this service to connect to the…
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Introduction to virtualization5m 18s
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Setting up a virtual lab2m 40s
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A first look at VirtualBox5m 41s
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Installing Kali as an appliance4m 8s
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Installing Metasploitable from a virtual disk2m 57s
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Installing Ubuntu from an ISO file5m 14s
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Going Tiny with Linux1m 57s
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Installing Windows2m 19s
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Using the advanced options4m 14s
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