#SCANNING NETWORK ON KALI VIRTUALBOX INSTALL#

Once the VMX file has been opened, it should be included in your virtual machine library.Then, browse to the directory created from the ZIP extraction process and open Metasploitable.vmx as shown in the following screenshot: To use Metasploitable in VMware, just click on the File drop-down menu and click on Open. Included among these files is the VMware VMX file. Once extracted, the ZIP file will return a directory with five additional files inside.Once the ZIP file has been downloaded, you can easily extract the contents of this file in Windows or macOS by double-clicking on it in Explorer or Finder respectively.This is because it is already prepared as a VMware virtual machine when it is downloaded from SourceForge. Installing Metasploitable2 is likely to be one of the easiest installations that you will perform in your security lab.

One relatively easy method to acquire Metasploitable is to download it from SourceForge at the following URL. There are many mirrors and torrents available for this. Prior to installing Metasploitable2 in your virtual security lab, you will first need to download it from the Web. It comes fully loaded with a large number of vulnerable network services and also includes several vulnerable web applications. Metasploitable2 is an intentionally vulnerable Linux distribution and is also a highly effective security training tool.

#SCANNING NETWORK ON KALI VIRTUALBOX INSTALL#

We need to first configure a security lab environment using VMware Player (Windows) or VMware Fusion (macOS), and then install Ubuntu server and Windows server on the VMware Player. (For more resources related to this topic, see here.) Introduction In this article, by Michael Hixon, the author of the book, Kali Linux Network Scanning Cookbook – Second Edition, we will be covering:

Scanning network on kali virtualbox