Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
Laptop Requirements:
Minimum hardware requirements:
- 1GHz processor
- 512MB RAM (1+GB highly recommended)
- 5GB free hard disk space
- CD ROM drive
A laptop with Windows 2000, XP, or Vista is required with the latest Service Packs and patches. Windows XP Pro is preferred, but Windows XP Home should work. Do not use server OSes such as Windows 2000 Server or Windows 2003 Server. Please install the following software on the computer:
- VMWare Player 2.x or VMWare Workstation 6.x or newer (Server and ESX are not supported)
- Firefox browser (latest version)
Apple laptops are also supported. The student must install VMWare Fusion 2.x and UnrarX.
You must have ability to disable the host firewall (Windows firewall or other third party firewall) and antivirus running on your desktop. This usually means you need to have administrative privilege on the machine.
DO NOT plan on just killing your antivirus service or processes, because most antivirus tools still function even when their associated services and processes have been terminated.