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    Setting up a Test network

    in Questions

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    I am curious whether anyone here has done this, has one, or has any input as to how to go about setting up either a small physical, or virtual network for testing all sorts of things, such as executing malicious attachments in a virtual machine and capturing the packets with wireshark/snort, or maybe using hping2 to toss some packets at a snort sensor and logging what happens, etc.

    There aren't a lot of limitations here really, we have all sorts of hardware laying around, and I believe a VMware ESX license too (the only issue with ESX is I am told it is VERY  HARD to transfer files FROM the virtual machine on an ESX server TO something else without simply jacking a laptop into it.  The goal there would be the method least likely to contaminate anything outside of the test network.

    Again this test network needs to be as isolated as possible while still allowing us to pull things off of it from time to time.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks!

    i have a bad hang over

    in Everything Else

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    This fixes me as far as hangovers go:

    I brew a cup of green tea and drink that, and then make a banana/strawberry/pineapple smoothie and drink that.

    I start feeling better pretty damn fast, remember to drink enough water every day regardless of what you're doing, hangover effects are lessened if you're properly hydrated.

    Hak5Live 003 RC1

    in Hak5

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    That's why they do pilots eh?  I think we'll get a lot better next time around, technical difficulties between audio and ustream did sort of trip us up a bit.

    Your LAN

    in Everything Else

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    I don't feel like drawing anything up so:

    Modem - > Linksys WRT54GL with DD-WRT firmware

    Wired:

    Desktop 1; Desktop 2

    Wireless:

    Laptop 1; Roommate's Laptop; Xbox 360; Wii; PS2

    Resume

    in Questions

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    I have mine up on my website.  It needs a little revision though. 

    Keep in mind your resume doesn't always have to look like the billion other ones out there.

    Dreamhost?...

    in Everything Else

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    It's not that simple.

    A 20k botnet will take down fairly large online casino operations, so this sort of dedicated server business is no match.  Defending against DDOS can be summed up in one word:  Money.  That's the only real defense you have, the cost is immense for the deep pipes you have to get backing you for the duration of the storm.

    Getting the guys ISP involved is the only way to stop this.

    (Possibly micro) home media server

    in Questions

    Posted

    If you have a spare 200GB+ HD laying around you're almost better off hacking an Apple TV.

    It's extremely hard to build anything useful for under $300 without skimping heavily.

    From looking on Newegg you're looking at roughly 230-240 for a 1GHz VIA setup with their cheapest case, that's before buying 1GB of ram, which is what most seem to support.

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