Technical requirements

In this chapter, we made use of the following software and operating systems (OSes):

• VMWare Workstation 12 Player for virtualization (any version can be used)/Oracle Virtual Box (throughout this book, we will use VMWare Workstation Player).
• Ubuntu 18.03 LTS Desktop as a pentester's workstation VM with an IP of 192.168.188.128. You can download Ubuntu from https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop.
• Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 as a target with IPs of 192.168.188.129 and 192.168.248.153 (any 64-bit Windows 7 release version prior to 2017).
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-Bit, Version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601 as the domain controller with an IP of 192.168.248.10 (any Windows Server 2008/2012).
• Metasploit 5.0.43 (https://www.metasploit.com/download).