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- There are many reasons

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that you want to build your own lab,

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but let me actually highlight
three of the main reasons.

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So the first one is knowledge.

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The second one is testing.

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And the third one is for legal reasons.

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So let me explain.

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So first, knowledge.

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You actually, of course, want
to build your own knowledge,

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practice your skills,

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develop your skills in a safe environment.

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So you can put an attacker box,

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or Kali Linux, perhaps
in a VM or in bare metal.

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It actually doesn't matter.

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But you have a safe environment

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that you can actually launch
attacks against victims.

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So one of the things that I
actually want to highlight

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is that we put a lot of material
in the GitHub repository

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that we actually have for you.

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So it has links to attack boxes
or victim boxes if you will,

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that you can actually just
download from the internet,

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that provides again, disposable VMs

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that you can play with them

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and actually dispose of
them later, and so on.

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The other one, of course, is testing.

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You can actually replicate
your client's environment

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in a safe environment,
using exactly the same code

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that they're actually using,
perhaps the same gear.

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And in this case, actually,
we're talking about wireless.

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So you can actually mimic
exactly the same infrastructure

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that you will encounter in
your client environments.

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And as a matter of fact,

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some enterprises will ask you to verify

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that you're not gonna be able
to do any fully disruptive

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or denial of service
conditions in their network.

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And in some cases,

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actually they will require
you to build your own lab,

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and they will provide you
with different versions

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of software that might be
running and different hardware.

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So that's another part of it.

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And then, of course, legal reasons.

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So you don't want to
actually start playing

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with your neighbors router.

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You don't want to start
playing in the public domain

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or in the coffee shop and actually be able

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to actually launch these attacks.

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Of course, we're talking
about ethical hacking here.

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So the legal aspects of
it is extremely important.

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And as a matter of fact,
one of the best resources,

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or an easy way to remember
this, is by visiting Wireless.

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So wireless.theartofhacking.org.

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That will redirect you
to the GitHub repository.

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And in there, you will find
additional information on,

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of course, how to build your own lab.

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The information that I shared
with you in previous lessons

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related to the different
type of adapters, antennas,

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and some tips that will
actually make your life easier

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whenever you're actually building your lab

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or actually preparing for your
penetration testing event.