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Virtual machines
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A Virtual Machine, often abbreviated VM, is an isolated operating system, installed within an operating system called a Host Machine, or simply Host. Virtual Machines work through hardware virtualization. The original definition of a virtual machine is "An efficient, isolated duplicate of a real machine." Virtual machines are capable of running an alternate operating system, inside of the current one. This alternate operating system is called a Guest Machine or simply Guest
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Subsystems
Virtual machines are comprised of several components that work together to create the encapsulated virtual machine.
Hardware Virtualization
Host Machine
Guest Machine
Virtualization Tools
Creating Vulnerable VMs for Penetration Testing
Setting up your environment
- Software install - Networking setup - Removing patches - Adding user accounts - Installing vulnerable software
Vulnerable By Design VMs
- Metasploitable - DamnVulnerableLinux - DamnVulnerableWebApp - UltimateLAMP - Windows XP builds
