Introduction xxi
Chapter 1 Building a Hardware and Software Test Platform 1
Why Build a Lab? 2
Hardware Requirements 4
Physical Hardware 5
Equipment You Already Have 6
New Equipment Purchases 7
Used Equipment Purchases 7
Online Auctions 8
Thrift Stores 9
Company Sales 10
Virtual Hardware 10
VMware 12
VirtualBox 15
Hacker Hardware 16
Software Requirements 18
Operating Systems 19
Microsoft Windows 19
Linux 20
Navigating in Linux 23
Linux Basics 25
Mac OS X 28
Software and Applications 28
Learning Applications 29
Hacking Software 31
Summary 32
Key Terms 33
Exercises 34
Equipment Checklist 34
Installing VMware Workstation 35
Exploring Linux Operating System Options 35
Using VMware to Build a Windows Image 35
Using VMware Converter to Create a Virtual Machine 36
Exploring Other Operating System Options 37
Running Kali from VMware 37
Installing Tools on Your Windows Virtual Machine 38
Chapter 2 Passive Information Gathering 39
Starting at the Source 40
Scrutinizing Key Employees 43
Dumpster Diving (Electronic) 45
Analyzing Web Page Coding 48
Exploiting Website Authentication Methods 51
Mining Job Ads and Analyzing Financial Data 53
Using Google to Mine Sensitive Information 56
Exploring Domain Ownership 57
WHOIS 59
Regional Internet Registries 61
Domain Name System 63
Identifying Web Server Software 66
Web Server Location 69
Summary 70
Key Terms 70
Exercises 72
IP Address and Domain Identifi cation 72
Information Gathering 72
Google Hacking 74
Banner Grabbing 74
Telnet 75
Netcat 75
VisualRoute 76
Chapter 3 Analyzing Network Traffic
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