To get the most out of this book

You will require following to code test this book:

• Router/firewall
• Linux workstation 8 cores 32 GB RAM for a VM server. (running VirtualBox)
• Windows 2008 server for the DC (VM)
• Windows 2008 server file server (VM)
• Win7 client (VM)
• Win10 client (This was a physical laptop)
• Laptop running Kali 4 cores 8 GB of RAM. For the attacking platform. (My personal laptop)

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/9781788997461_ColorImages.pdf.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "This produces a fast scan-the T stands for Timing (from 1 to 5), and the default timing is -T3."

A block of code is set as follows:

html, body, #map {
 height: 100%; 
 margin: 0;
 padding: 0
}

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

nmap -v -sn 192.168.0.0/16 10.0.0.0/8
nmap -v -iR 10000 -Pn -p 80

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Open the Terminal from the icon on the top bar or by clicking on the menu links:
Application | Accessories | Terminal".

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.