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Command Line Basics: Host Enumeration

In this lab, you’ll practice using command line tools to query systems for host information. When you’re finished, you’ll have the necessary skills and knowledge of how to interpret command line tool results, identify systems and better understand their purpose.

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(367 reviews)
Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 40m
Published
Clock icon Jul 30, 2024

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Linux Host Enumeration

    In this challenge you will use a Linux machine within your corporate network. You’ll learn basic commands for gathering information about Linux systems.

  3. Challenge

    Windows Host Enumeration & Automation

    In this challenge you will use a Windows machine. As with the previous challenge, you’ll learn basic commands for gathering information about the host.

  4. Challenge

    The Last Challenge

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

Tim Coakley is a Senior Security Solutions Architect for a large multi-national organisation and an author at PluralSight. Tim started a long and successful full-time career in Digital Forensics supporting the criminal justice system and law enforcement on a long list of criminal cases.

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