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Dranex

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Hardware for OSCP

« on: February 01, 2012, 03:05:28 AM »

Hi guys, almost ready to take the plunge now, just one question - is it worth purchasing a decent Hacktop (probably a hackbook pro) for the course or would it be easier to use a virtual machine on my desktop? The spec isn't bad, its an intel quad with 4gb ram.


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hayabusa

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Re: Hardware for OSCP

« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2012, 06:17:10 AM »

OSCP is easily managed from a VM. In fact, they have a download for a BT image, when you take the course. I don't think you'll need to worry about that.


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TheXero

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Re: Hardware for OSCP

« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2012, 02:55:07 AM »

As long as you can run a VM with about a gig of ram, you'll be fine.

It's not that heavily focused on password cracking, I even used my netbook in the lab some days


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j0rDy

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Re: Hardware for OSCP

« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2012, 09:45:57 AM »

dont worry about your rig, its fine...just make sure you have a stable internet connection with a decent download and upload speed. There is nothing more frustrating than losing your connection during a special custom crafted exploit and find your connection failing just when you executed it...