Technical requirements
In this chapter, we made use of the following software and operating systems (OSes):
- VMWare Workstation 12 Player for virtualization (any version can be used)/Oracle Virtual Box (throughout this book, we will use VMWare Workstation Player).
- Ubuntu 18.03 LTS Desktop as a pentester's workstation VM with an IP of
192.168.188.128
. You can download Ubuntu from https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop. - Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 as a target with IPs of
192.168.188.129
and192.168.248.153
(any 64-bit Windows 7 release version prior to 2017). - Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-Bit, Version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 as the domain controller with an IP of
192.168.248.10
(any Windows Server 2008/2012). - Metasploit 5.0.43 (https://www.metasploit.com/download).