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Virtual Box and Kali Linux Setup

The document provides instructions for setting up a Kali Linux virtual machine using Oracle VirtualBox. It outlines downloading VirtualBox and the Kali OVA file, installing VirtualBox, creating a NAT network, importing and configuring the Kali OVA appliance to use the NAT network, installing the VirtualBox Extension Pack, changing passwords and SSH keys, testing tools on the localhost, loading another virtual machine target within the NAT network, and scanning it with tools like netdiscover, Nikto, and Dirb.

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Virtual Box and Kali Linux Setup

The document provides instructions for setting up a Kali Linux virtual machine using Oracle VirtualBox. It outlines downloading VirtualBox and the Kali OVA file, installing VirtualBox, creating a NAT network, importing and configuring the Kali OVA appliance to use the NAT network, installing the VirtualBox Extension Pack, changing passwords and SSH keys, testing tools on the localhost, loading another virtual machine target within the NAT network, and scanning it with tools like netdiscover, Nikto, and Dirb.

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VirtualBox and Kali Setup

A few steps on setting up the Kali environment

1. Download VirtualBox and Kali (try the OVA version)

VirtualBox:

https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads 

Kali VirtualBox image page (recommend 64-bit):

https://images.offensive-security.com/virtual-images/kali-linux-2019.1-vbox-amd64.ova 

2. Install VirtualBox

3. Set up a NAT Network

While I prepare a recording, please see the YouTube clip below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-uBoEW9H2Q

4. Load Kali into VirtualBox

File -> Import Appliance -> Select OVA file

Configure Kali to use the NAT Network you created

Settings -> Network -> Select NAT Network

5. Install the Oracle VirtualBox Extension Pack:

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html 

6. If keeping this Kali image beyond the course, login, change the password and generate
new SSH keys.

Password change command "passwd"

generate new keys "dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server"

7. Try some tools on the localhost

- nmap
- THC Hydra (point it at your SSH server)

8. Load a target machine

Try DoNotStop (put the machine into the NAT Network before you start it up for the first time)

https://www.vulnhub.com/entry/d0not5top-12,191/

- Configure it for the NAT network

- Use netdiscover to find it's IP address (you can confirm the IP address in the VirtualBox
management interface. Settings -> Network -> Advanced)

"netdiscover -r 10.0.2.0/24" - or the subnet you have configured

9. Try some tools on your new target:

- Nikto

- Dirb

- Metasploit

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