Re: Lab setup for security learning

VMware works well, with an eye towards money however Microsoft makes Virtual PC available for free from their website and it works equally well for a lab setup.

http://www.securityexplained.net/topics/virtEnv/index.html
http://www.securityexplained.net also has several tutorials on it

Here's how we set our testing lab up, if you're in a shared environment make sure any uplinks to the greater network are unplugged before you start your testing.

On Jan 13, 2007, at 3:58 PM, pand0ra wrote:

Use VMware or some other virtual machine application. Then buy lots of
memory and disk space.
http://www.vmware.com/download/server/
http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/appliances/directory/




On 12 Jan 2007 11:58:49 -0000, ankurjn113@xxxxxxxxxxx
<ankurjn113@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello all
Me and a couple of friends wish to set up a lab of our own for learning network security. I'd like some suggestions about the setup of the lab with respect to

a) The number of machines (We only have 3)
b) Networking components (we have a 4 port switch and a 4-port hub)
c) OS/Softwares (Win XP, Fedora Core 2, Backtrack (for all testing), windows disassemblers etc.)
d) Setup architecture (both physical and software)

Any suggestions for above are welcome. I'd appreciate it if you can provide any links/docs/tutorials etc.

Thanks
Ankur

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