Re: Intro To Hacking

[Barrie Dempster <barrie () reboot-robot net>]

There have been a few concerns on this thread about the placement of a
development/insecure staging box on a production LAN.
I usually suggest that people intending to do development use a virtual
server environment that allows creation of virtual LANs, this way you
can keep the development box off your main network and still play with
it.

I personally use MS virtual Server 2005[1], solely because it's cheaper
for me than the offerings by vmware[2] but it does the job extremely
well. (I also don't yet know of any OSS alternative for this that
provides the same features). I'd suggest either MS Virtual Server or one
of the vmware systems (>workstation). I believe you can trial each of
the systems listed to see if they fit your needs. Having the ability to
build and run lots of OS's and networks on one machine makes
testing/playing a breeze as it saves you having a pile of hardware
running or unnecessary un-patched systems in your production
environment.

[1]http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/default.mspx
[2]http://www.vmware.com/products/

Kind Regards to all.
-- 
Barrie Dempster (zeedo) - Fortiter et Strenue

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