VMware & Virtual Machines

[sp0rk]

Hey guys,

How do I setup a VM? I want to familiarize myself with the metasploit framework before I actually do any real hacking and I read something about "vmware". What do most people do? I also read that there is a metaploit vm called "metasploitable. How can I set all of this up and get to practising?

[s3my0n]

Get VMware player from here: http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

Then get metasploitable from here: http://www.offensive-security.com/metasploit-unleashed/Metasploitable

[sp0rk]

Thanks friend

[Kulverstukas]

VMWare is commercial and for windows only. No? but I hear that is effin good.
Very good alternative is VirtualBOX, which is free and comes for most Linux distros as well.
Personally I use VirtualBOX all the time, mainly because it's more lightweight than VMWare and it works same as WMWare...

[s3my0n]

VMWare is commercial and for windows only. No? but I hear that is effin good.
Very good alternative is VirtualBOX, which is free and comes for most Linux distros as well.
Personally I use VirtualBOX all the time, mainly because it's more lightweight than VMWare and it works same as WMWare...

VMware player is free.

[Nutcracker]

In my humble opinion VBox is the majic. Can make kung fu very strong