ITX8063 2012 Labs

Access

• The environment (Lab) used for the practical tasks is not running in TUT classroom but in another private network accessible over the VPN.
• There are 2 possible ways to access the BackTrack5 VM in Lab:
  • Classrooms IT-213A, IT-213B will be connected with Lab over site-to-site VPN.
  • Every student has to setup an OpenVPN connection to access the BackTrack VM running in Lab from his/her own computer.

Setup OpenVPN on your own machine to access the Lab

1. Download:
   • Fail:ITX8063 2012.tar.gz.bf.gz
2. Decrypt the configuration:
   • openssl enc -bf -d -in ITX8063_2012.tar.gz.bf -out ITX8063_2012.tar.gz
   • The password for the key has been provided in classroom and in ivcm11 e-mail list.
3. Install OpenVPN to your machine and run the configuration provided. E.g. when using ubuntu:
   • apt-get install openvpn
   • tar zxvf ITX8063_2012.tar.gz
   • cd ITX8063_2012
   • sudo openvpn itx8063.conf
   • The password for the key has been provided in classroom and in ITX8063 e-mail list.
4. In case openvpn is running correctly you should have received routes to networks 192.168.133.0/24 and 192.168.136.0/24

Course Management Application

• Presentation slides and other materials are available here (http!): http://192.168.136.5/files
• Mission and task descriptions as well as scoreboard will be displayed over simple web application located here: https://192.168.136.5
• Register a new user account. Username will be displayed on the scoreboard - this can be something anonymous
• First and Last Name will be used to track if you have participated in the lab - these have to be real.
• NB! Hacking the production version of scoreboard is prohibited.
  • We will clone the VM for testing purposes to those who are interested in breaking the scoring system.
  • If you find any vulnerabilities, report them to the instructor and you'll get bonus.

BackTrack5 VM in Lab

• TBC NLT 13 Nov 2012

Accessing BackTrack VM

• TBC NLT 13 NOv 2012