College project (Penetration testing)
Hey guys, first off I have written permission from both my tutor and network administrator for this so no worries about the legal aspect.
Now thats out the way, I'm in my second year of a HND at my local college. Talking with my teacher about what could be a good idea for my major project they sugested I try penetration testing as it would be something different for me as I usually do programming.
So talking with my network admins they say's it's ok as they've seen me around and heard stuff about me so they think they can trust me. (Also if anything goes wrong they know where to come first!)
The network is made up of windows 2K work stations and each class room is switched. The server is running the latest windows server and using Active Directory.
I have a laptop running mandrake linux with some software such as ettercap, ettereal, nmap (having trouble getting password sniffers on there but that should be soon) which I can take in and use.
Now the really challenge is to do as much manually because I have to document everything I do and just using software to hack the network would make for a boring project.
I was wondering if you guys have any tips or advice about how to get started and what direction to take this?
Cheers in advance for your help