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Network Security Fundamentals

Security Training Course

• Dr. Charles J. Antonelli

The University of Michigan 2013

Installing the Lab Environment

Virtual Lab Environment

• Student-supplied hosts
• IA32-compatible

 The more CPU(s) and memory, the better

• Linux, Windows, Mac OS X

 Run VMware Player, Fusion, or Server

• Download and run virtual lab environment

 Linux CentOS VMware guest

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VMware Player

• Obtain VMware Player
• http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
• Install VMware Player
• Perform standard, default install

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VMware Guest

• Obtain Virtual Lab Environment
• Resources & directions

http://www.umich.edu/~cja/NSF13  Create a virtual guest directory  Copy the .vmx and .vmdk.gz files to your virtual guest directory  Uncompress the vmdk.gz

» Windows and Mac OS X free expander

http://my.smithmicro.com/win/stuffit/ expander.html

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VMware Guest

• Start VMware Guest
• Start VMware player
• Select Open VM icon

Browse to and select your .vmx file

• If you are asked if you moved or copied the

guest, select “copied”

• The virtual lab environment should boot!

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VMware Guest

• Using the VMware guest
• Login as user “lab”

 You should set better passwords

» sudo passwd root » sudo passwd lab

 Keep your guest patched

» sudo yum update

• If the network did not start properly

 sudo service network restart

• To change the type of network connection

 Select the new connection type under Network Adapter  Restart the network as above

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VMware Guest

• Three ways to stop the VMware guest
• Suspend your guest and exit, allowing you to

resume it later:  Select VMware Player | Exit

• Shut down your guest cleanly

 sudo shutdown –h now

• Force quit your guest (as a last resort):

 Select VMware Player | Troubleshoot | Power Off and Exit

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