Windows XP is old, and Microsoft no longer provides official support for the venerable operating system. But despite the lack of support, Windows XP is still.

Recently I bought a gaming computer with some of the best specs out there (i7, gtx670, 16gig ram, ssd, etc) and decided to finally set up my own Pentesting lab so I can practice breaking and securing 'real' boxes of my own. My current setup consists of my router connected to my apartment's WAN using DHCP, which issues private DHCP leases to the connected boxes on my network. I have a Windows 7 laptop of my own, a Windows 7 desktop host machine running VMs, and a Ubuntu 12.10 server for all my main Linux needs (I have SSH set up so I can access this box from work and other places). My friends also connect to this network via Wifi, so there are random Win7 and OSx computers connected to it. As for my virtualized boxes, I have Windows XP (different SPs), Windows Server 2003, 2008, and 2012, Metasploitable 2, DVL (Damn Vulnerable Linux), BackTrack5R3 (I hack from this box), and a few other exploitable machines.

I will be setting up a Windows Vista and a couple other *nix distros to exploit, as well. I am using, which is provided to me for free through my University and our agreement.

For those who do not have access to such great tools, you can use the free version, but be forewarned that certain options may be different. I apologize if there are any problems when following my guides using Player instead of Workstation, but I will do my best to remedy these. Getting Started.

Considering how much I paid for the card ($3.99) I'm quite content If you need help getting into your TV service menu or anything, I'll return the favor. Activation code for wintv 8.5. Since I could get the driver for free, no hard feelings towards Hauppauge.

Below is a list of exploitable and vulnerable VMs/ISOs(updated 10/29/12): - Probably the best VM to use. Complete vulnerable VM with services set up for everything. Most of my tutorials will start with exploiting this. Damn Vulnerable Linux 1.5 - Discontinued, but I have the ISO.

Fishing simulator cost. I will upload it *somewhere* when I'm home. Either directly through this site or on a sharing site (you could torrent, but I want all the download to be able to be directly downloaded). - LAMP stands for Linux Apache MySQL PHP, and this version is for the security testing of those. - Self Explanatory; OWASP's Broken Web App Project!

Below is a list of VMs and ISOs that you can configure yourself: - Scroll down for the download link; a complete LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) distro. Below is a list of VMs and ISOs to hack from: - I use the Gnome 32bit VM one and just load it into my VMWare; all of my tutorials will be from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, or BT5R3 (which is Ubuntu, as well). BackTrack has been replaced by the following: - Another Ubuntu based Pentesting distro - Yet another Ubuntu based Pentesting distro Creating Your Pentesting Network.