You have been chatting with fellow cybersecurity students on their efforts to learn
cybersecurity by getting hands-on training. You have discovered that some students
have built their own home labs and you want to try your hand at doing this as well. You
have a budget of $500, an eBay account, and an Amazon account.
Your goal for your lab is to have two servers, a switch, and a firewall. You also need
software, some of which is free outright (like Linux), and some of which is free for
evaluation purposes. Remember, virtualization technology will help you run more than
one OS on a given hardware platform.
Project Submission Steps
Based on the above requirements, use 2-4 paragraphs to design and document the lab
you will build, complete with the following details:
Hardware used, along with details like RAM and hard drive space
Software downloaded and installed
VMs created
IP addressing scheme
Attack machine details (e.g. Kali, Parrot, Black Arch)
Firewall type
Network traffic monitoring setup
Log traffic setup
Switch configuration, including any VLANs
Wireless access details (optional)