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Building a Safe, Isolated Lab
Building a Safe, Isolated Lab A lab is a set of practice computers on your laptop, cut off from real networks. Use VirtualBox (free) or VMware. Kali Linux (attacker), Metasploitable 2, DVWA, Juice Shop (targets). Put every machine on a host-only adapter . They can talk to each other, but not to the
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A lab is a set of practice computers on your laptop, cut off from real networks.
Use VirtualBox (free) or VMware.
Machines
Kali Linux (attacker), Metasploitable 2, DVWA, Juice Shop (targets).
Key rule
Put every machine on a host-only adapter. They can talk to each other, but not to the internet or your home network.
| VM | What it is | Default login (lab only) |
|---|---|---|
| Kali Linux | Your attacker machine (all tools preinstalled) | kali / kali (change it) |
| Metasploitable 2 | A deliberately vulnerable Linux server | msfadmin / msfadmin |
| DVWA | Damn Vulnerable Web Application (web bugs) | admin / password |
| OWASP Juice Shop | A modern vulnerable web app (OWASP Top 10) | register your own account |
Learn more in the lesson: 18.4 Building a Safe, Isolated Lab