Lab preparation
To follow along with the examples in this chapter a bit of lab preparation will be necessary.
Tip
Throughout this book there has been a strong focus on being able to emulate a target network. This is critical to being able to learn and practice the latest and greatest techniques as the excellent minds in the security research field continue to surprise us with new vulnerabilities and possible attack vectors. This book cannot cover every possible method of testing a network, but building the labs is an attempt at adding long lasting value that will hopefully lead to a lifetime of the "hacker mentality". If you continue to build out your personal lab and increase the difficulty of the practice challenges that you set for yourself you will quickly become comfortable with testing any sort of environment.
BackTrack, pfSense, and Ubuntu virtual machines should be configured in the following manner:
Certain configuration changes need to occur:
BackTrack guest machine
This machine will...
