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I know this is a dead thread, but I wanted to know, any updates on this? Was a DVD ever released? I would buy.

lol spybot. too chatty for my likes. I suppose if one had the time to research every change that a program might need to make. For instance, today I ran rosetta stone for the first time in some time, and my seurity software quarentined it because it wanted to add a site to trusted sites, and make some other changes. I allowed it, then reserched the ip it was reaching to... rosettastone website. So the attempt was likely legitamate, and i learned a little something, but I would prefer not to deal with it every time i install a program. Personally I prefer MSE as an AV, MBAM as AntiMalware,ThreatFire as anomoly bsed HIPS and rootkit checker. eventually when I get home, i'll tr some patch management, IDS, and so on. :)

I second the above, but I am trying out a few things. Consider the setup that Darren and the team made for their VM Server, Proxmox, a virtualization alternative to VMWare. I've tried out ESXI and while it is decent to mess around with, well, i dont like dealing with temporary licenses, and a somewhat anoying setup. So I choose VMWare Workstation as my virtualization platform, at least until i get home and I can try proxmox. I would build out in your VM software, a full windows domain, including Windows 7, Server 2k8r2, set up DNS servers, DHCP, AD, WSUS, NAP, ect. This allows you to first practice your MS skills. Eventually I would look into adding some security devices, open source firewalls, IDS, ect. This lets you learn some defensive technologies, including packet analysis. Lastly, set up BT, if you are particularly adventurous, you could try to install the tools on ubuntu and get them working, or you could just run BT5. Do some tests with different configurations, (What happens if you allow DNS Transfers?) Specificly, I can suggest a few things to throw in there: Security Onion: out of the box IDS Metasploitable Damn Vulnerable Linux Heorot.net live cd's (the website i think isnt up anymore, i think its been transfered to their training program, but you should be able to find the ISO's.): Hcking Challenges with preconfigured vm's

Similar to this, i cant edit my settings, leaving me... well i cant change my PW.