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Setting a new lab environment for a hackathon

  • Esky Man
  • Oct 31, 2023
  • 1 min read


It's new lab day in Dave Techguy's world ! My son is off school sick so I am not able to go in to work today so im setting myself up a new Azure lab for a forthcoming hacking project. Here's what im setting up : Azure VM's -- Windows Server 2019 with active dir

A Linux Ubuntu server with a web server

A standalone Windows 10 machine

A virtual network

And of course a Kali Linux VM so I can break it once the network has been setup !!


The project is to setup this basic network, install a firewall, all the latest security patches, end point protection, a VPN between the end point device and server, setup a word press site and then try and hack : Active directory

The web server The windows server

The win 10 standalone machine LET THE FUN BEGIN



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