Press this button to ready your machine for running with the virtual machine targets. If your machine is reset or you reboot then you may have to press this button again.

Note that this target can take (quite) a few minutes to boot, as it has many processes running many services.

The machine can take a few minutes to warm up. Press the test button to see if it is running fully. So long as the network of the target is running, you can continue to the next question while you wait for the XP target.

Target 1 lies somewhere in 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.254. This time use "ip route show" and find out the device name on your machine which would be used to handle packets going to target 1. You can identify it by looking at the output, finding the line involved with the target subnet, and looking for the "dev".

Target network device:

What is your machine's IP number on the target network?

Your IP:

The target needs to be running before starting this question.

Use nmap to sweep the target network, and identify the IP address of target 1. Use the appropriate flags to keep this scan efficient.

Target IP:

On the target machine, list the first 3 port numbers found in numerical order using a standard nmap portscan of the common ports open on the target.

Open port 1
Open port 2
Open port 3

Before we use the Metasploit Framework, lets check the MSF database is running, and start it if not. Start the MSF database:

msfdb start

Start the Metasploit Framework console interface, and then switch to the pdf lab6 practical tutorial now.

msfconsole

DONT DO THIS ONE UNLESS THERE IS A PROBLEM!!

Pressing this button shuts down your target machine. If you want to use the target again after pressing this button, go to the first check button above and press that, which will restart the target.

Only use this if your target is dead. This may happen if you launch a metasploit expoit at the target which causes part of the target to crash. But if you use then and then restart the target, you need to wait 5 minutes while the target boots again. Dont use this button without careful thought!