Lab 11 was more networking. I was tasked with finding IP addresses and how they linked back to the host. I also had to change the host name to my school given MIDAS ID. This assignment didn’t pose much of a challenge since the steps were mostly repeated. I had to do this configuration on…
Lab 7 – Storage Management
Lab 7 was interesting to me because I had no idea there virtual storage. I had obviously heard of the cloud but this to me was different. Being able to create and allocate your own storage was unfamiliar to me. I did like this lab though since it taught me how to create different Virtual…
Lab 6 – File Permissions
Lab 6 was an easy concept to grasp. Reading, writing, and execution permissions are given to certain groups with different levels of clearance. For the lab we created groups and gave users permissions based on what we wanted their role to be. This was a cool assignment to do a it gave me insight into…
Lab 5 – Password Cracking
Password cracking was definitely my favorite lab. Brute forcing passwords was fun to me because I have an interest in becoming an ethical hacker. This was my first time actually finding out something like a password that is supposed to be a secret. We used a tool called John the Ripper to brute force passwords…
Lab 4 – Group and User Management
Lab 4 was one of my easiest labs. Learning how to manage groups and create users and directories was a very fun task. I picked this up quickly since it was so simple. The different groups is very helpful when you don’t want all data tied to one account.
Lab 3 – Working with vi editor
Lab 3 was was more confusing but I was able to grasp the concept of VI editing within 30 minutes. Their wasn’t too much to take from this assignment other than finding list and changing certain data.
Lab 2 – Working with Command Line
Lab 2 was more of an introduction to what we would be doing in the future. It introduced basic commands that are needed in most projects. Commands like /etc and -ls are simple but major commands we were taught.
Lab 10 – Networking Basics
Lab 10 was surprisingly enjoyable. This assignment focused on subnetting. It is intimidating at first but is just like riding a bike, once you learn you will never forget how. I was very confused at first and it honestly took me 40 minutes to really understand how to be efficient with it. We used a…
Lab 9 – Task Automation
Lab 9 was a shorter automation scripting assignment. It wasn’t to different from lab 8 so it was pretty easy to understand. This time we used crontab and used it to make a script that creates backups of certain files.
Lab 8 – Shell Script
Scripting is something I thought would be a heavy focus in my start to learning cyber security but it’s not. This is why I was excited when we got to create scripts for the first time. I have always wanted to code but I was never sure how or where to start so this was…