- There are many reasons
that you want to build your own lab,
but let me actually highlight three of the main reasons.
So the first one is knowledge.
The second one is testing.
And the third one is for legal reasons.
So let me explain.
So first, knowledge.
You actually, of course, want to build your own knowledge,
practice your skills,
develop your skills in a safe environment.
So you can put an attacker box,
or Kali Linux, perhaps in a VM or in bare metal.
It actually doesn't matter.
But you have a safe environment
that you can actually launch attacks against victims.
So one of the things that I actually want to highlight
is that we put a lot of material in the GitHub repository
that we actually have for you.
So it has links to attack boxes or victim boxes if you will,
that you can actually just download from the internet,
that provides again, disposable VMs
that you can play with them
and actually dispose of them later, and so on.
The other one, of course, is testing.
You can actually replicate your client's environment
in a safe environment, using exactly the same code
that they're actually using, perhaps the same gear.
And in this case, actually, we're talking about wireless.
So you can actually mimic exactly the same infrastructure
that you will encounter in your client environments.
And as a matter of fact,
some enterprises will ask you to verify
that you're not gonna be able to do any fully disruptive
or denial of service conditions in their network.
And in some cases,
actually they will require you to build your own lab,
and they will provide you with different versions
of software that might be running and different hardware.
So that's another part of it.
And then, of course, legal reasons.
So you don't want to actually start playing
with your neighbors router.
You don't want to start playing in the public domain
or in the coffee shop and actually be able
to actually launch these attacks.
Of course, we're talking about ethical hacking here.
So the legal aspects of it is extremely important.
And as a matter of fact, one of the best resources,
or an easy way to remember this, is by visiting Wireless.
So wireless.theartofhacking.org.
That will redirect you to the GitHub repository.
And in there, you will find additional information on,
of course, how to build your own lab.
The information that I shared with you in previous lessons
related to the different type of adapters, antennas,
and some tips that will actually make your life easier
whenever you're actually building your lab
or actually preparing for your penetration testing event.