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Networking Core Protocols

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Learn about the core TCP/IP protocols.

easy

45 min

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Set up your virtual environment

To successfully complete this room, you'll need to set up your virtual environment. This involves starting both your AttackBox (if you're not using your VPN) and Target Machines, ensuring you're equipped with the necessary tools and access to tackle the challenges ahead.
Attacker machine
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Lab machine
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This room is the third room in a series of four rooms about computer networking:

Room Prerequisites

To benefit from this room, we recommend that you know the following:

  • ISO OSI model and layers
  • /IP model and layers
  • Ethernet, IP, and protocols

In other words, starting this room after Networking Concepts is the recommended approach.

Learning Objectives

By the time you finish this room, you will have learned about the following protocols:

  • WHOIS
  • and
  • , , and

Click on the Start AttackBox button at the top; click on the Start Lab Machine button belowt to start the attached lab machine ().

Give them about 2-3 minutes to boot up. Once the two machines are ready, we need to start the terminal on the AttackBox to follow along starting with Task 4.

Answer the questions below

Get your notepad ready, and let’s begin.