Re: Lab setup for security learning

[kenneth.buckler () dsainc com]

I would reccomend using Bochs (http://bochs.sourceforge.net/), VMWare, or Virtual PC on one or two of your machines to 
emulate additional network components, if you only have 3 boxes.

As far as the setup, try to mirror a real world archetecture, set up one machine as a domain controller/mail server, 
one as a client pc with other "virtual" clients if you have the memory and processor speed, and the third machine could 
be your pen test machine.

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