Lab Exercises

1. Install cygwin

   <http://www.cygwin.com>

   Install additional packages that may be useful such as inetutils,
   wget, netcat openssh, ping, rsync, diff, rcs, whois.

   Use wget to download a web page.

   Examine /etc/passwd.

   mkdir, ls, cd, mv, rm, rmdir.

   Use strings, more, less, cat.

   Explore pipe ('|') and redirection ('>').

   Use grep and find.

   Use up/down arrows and history.

   Create a simple text file with vi/vim.

   Use tar/gzip.

   Compile something, maybe gnupg.

2. Install some OS virtualization software such as VMWare, VirtualBox,
   QEMU, Bochs, Parallels or Virtual PC.

     <http://www.vmware.com>
     <http://www.virtualbox.org>
     <http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/>
     <http://bochs.sourceforge.net/>
     <http://www.parallels.com/>
     <http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx>

   Install a linux system in a VM.

   Install a Windows system in a VM.

   Network multiple VMs together (verify with ping and tcpdump/wireshark).

3. Install Wireshark

   <http://www.wireshark.org>

   Capture packets for a web session and analyze.

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