Home Lab
Home Lab
How to Start Your Home Lab
How to Start Your Home Lab
In this post, I cover the perks of running a home lab, scouting for equipment, and home lab design.
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Proxmox
You do not have to use an old laptop. That was just the premise of this project. You can use any hardware at your disposal and follow this guide with success. It is a huge project that encompasses setting up a security lab in Proxmox and contains both attack and detection setups.
Installing Proxmox on a Laptop and Building a Cybersecurity Lab
In this project, broken up into multiple modules, you will build a comprehensive cybersecurity home lab using Proxmox VE. Upon completion, you will have an environment where you can safely practice penetration testing against a wide variety of targets, as well as detection in your SIEM.
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VirtualBox / VMware
These guides are better suited to people that do not have extra hardware at their disposal. You can use your laptop or desktop, install VMware Workstation Pro or VirtualBox, and get started right away with either of these guides. Just note, the more disk space and RAM you have, the better
Building a Security Lab in VMware Workstation Pro
In this project, broken up into multiple modules, you will build a comprehensive cybersecurity home lab using VMware Workstation Pro. Upon completion, you will have an environment where you can safely practice penetration testing against a wide variety of targets, as well as detection in your SIEM.
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Building a Security Lab in VirtualBox
In this project, broken up into multiple modules, you will build a comprehensive cybersecurity home lab using VirtualBox. Upon completion, you will have an environment where you can safely practice penetration testing against a wide variety of targets, as well as detection in your SIEM.
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Home Lab Blog Posts
Home Lab - 0xBEN
Home computer lab: where all the fun happens
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Computer Networking
Networking
Routing and Switching
Computer Networking Flowchart
In this post, I will go over a simple diagram and show a couple scenarios on the way data travels between two hosts
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OSI Model
OSI Model Visualization
In this post, I provide a mock-up of the OSI model and briefly discuss the the differences with the TCP/IP model
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How VLANs Work
How Do VLANs Work? Exploring the 802.1q Protocol
In this post, I cover the 802.1q protocol and the concept of VLANs
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GNS3 Remote Server Project
Proxmox: GNS3 Remote Server
In this post, I demonstrate how to get GNS3 Remote Server running in Proxmox, and how to connect to it using a GNS3 client on Windows.
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Networking Blog Posts
Computer Networking - 0xBEN
Protocols, routing, switching, proxying, tunneling, all the fun stuff of computer networking
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Programming
Programming
PowerShell for Beginners
PowerShell 101 - 0xBEN
PowerShell for beginners
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PowerShell Blog Posts
PowerShell - 0xBEN
All things PowerShell
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GitHub
0xBEN - Overview
Systems and Security Engineer. Perpetual Learner. 0xBEN has 20 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
