Building the Offensive Security Playground: A Step-by-Step Guide

Set up a personal hacking lab on Proxmox: virtual machines, networks and the targets you will use in the other series.

Chapters
3 chapters
Total reading time
36 min of reading
Written
2023
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Chapters, in order

  1. 1 Building Your Hacking Playground: Proxmox Unveiled and Windows Symphony Introduction Welcome to the kickoff of our series, where I'll guide you through the art of setting up a dynamic hacking practice environment. This first post is all about laying the groundwork for a potent Windows hacking practice arena using Proxmox. Excitingly, in the chapters to come, we'll un... 6 min
  2. 2 Configuring a Proxmox-Based Hacking Lab: Active Directory and Windows Setup In this chapter, we finalize driver setups for Windows in Proxmox and configure an Active Directory for practice attacks. We cover driver installation, domain controller setup, certificate services, user creation, and SMB enablement, preparing a complete hacking lab environment. 14 min
  3. 3 Building an Adaptable Hacking Lab: Subnets, Static IPs, and Services This article covers setting up subnets, static IPs, firewalls in Proxmox, and configuring Windows, Kali, Ubuntu servers. It includes Docker setup for web service deployment, creating a versatile cybersecurity lab environment. 16 min
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