From: Terry Vernon (tvernon24@comcast.net)
Date: Sun Jul 10 2005 - 19:33:40 EDT
That's an easy one Erin and fun as all get out too! Get you some crappy
old computers (we all have those laying around) and do the same as you
would with a dual boot setup but install as many OS's on as many
partitions as you can of various versions of operating systems. It's a
good idea to keep them separate like all Redhat distros on one machine,
all microsuck versions on another, etc...
Then, to create a little environment, all you do is boot up the machines
you wish to use to simulate an environment and crack away all night
long. I have 3 computers here at home that I use like this with about 5
operating systems a piece. To simulate a windows network i boot them all
to windows and make one a file/print server, one a client, etc... It
takes some work to get them all configured but having that is priceless
when it comes to pen-testing and it saves you from havin gto have a lab
full of systems.
Terry Vernon
CTO
Sprite Technologies
Erin Carroll wrote:
>All,
>
>I'm in the process of setting up a pen-test lab environment of several
>servers running various OS flavors (both Windows & BSD/*nix) along with a
>netscreen-10 firewall and cisco 3825 to use as the lab router. What do other
>list members use for their lab environments and what suggestions/issues have
>you encountered? I'm just using equipment I have laying around but would be
>interested in hearing about other lab setups to get some ideas (or excuses
>to go shopping) on what else I can utilize for pen-testing practice.
>
>I'm definitely going to set up an imaging server (jumpstart & Altiris) to
>make changing things around less painful but I've also considered Vmware on
>the hosts. Basically I'm curious as to what you all use to practice
>pen-testing to keep the skills sharp when not "on the job".
>
>Thanks!
>--
>Erin Carroll
>"Do Not Taunt Happy-Fun Ball"
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