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Glen D. Singh
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Glen D. Singh

Glen D. Singh is a cybersecurity author, educator and SecOps professional. His areas of expertise are cybersecurity operations, offensive security tactics and techniques, and enterprise networking. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) in cybersecurity and many industry certifications from top awarding bodies such as EC-Council, Cisco, and Check Point. Glen loves teaching and mentoring others while sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience as an author. He has written many books, which focus on vulnerability discovery and exploitation, threat detection, intrusion analysis, incident response, network security, and enterprise networking. As an aspiring game changer, Glen is passionate about increasing cybersecurity awareness in his homeland, Trinidad and Tobago.
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Setting up Metasploitable 3 on Ubuntu

In this section, you will learn how to build and deploy Metasploitable 3 (both the Windows Server and Linux server versions) on Ubuntu Desktop. The Windows Server version will be using a dual-homed network connection to both the PentestNet network (172.30.1.0/24) and the HiddenNet network (10.11.12.0/24). This setup will enable us to perform pivoting and lateral movement between different networks. Finally, the Linux server version will be connected to the HiddenNet network (10.11.12.0/24) only.

The following diagram shows the logical connections between systems and networks:

Figure 19.11: Low-level diagram

As shown in the preceding diagram, this topology goes into more depth on how the virtual machines are interconnected within our virtual lab environment. For instance, to access the Metasploitable 3 – Linux version, we will need to first compromise the Metasploitable 3 – Windows version via the PentestNet network...

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Glen D. Singh is a cybersecurity author, educator and SecOps professional. His areas of expertise are cybersecurity operations, offensive security tactics and techniques, and enterprise networking. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) in cybersecurity and many industry certifications from top awarding bodies such as EC-Council, Cisco, and Check Point. Glen loves teaching and mentoring others while sharing his wealth of knowledge and experience as an author. He has written many books, which focus on vulnerability discovery and exploitation, threat detection, intrusion analysis, incident response, network security, and enterprise networking. As an aspiring game changer, Glen is passionate about increasing cybersecurity awareness in his homeland, Trinidad and Tobago.
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