This is Mercury, a vulnerable Linux box from the Planet series on VulnHub. I wanted to dive more into capture the flags lately, as they're fantastic for practicing problem-solving and improving on existing skills and discovering new ones. There are three boxes in the Planet series, with Mercury
It's common to connect switches using multiple cables to improve redundancy and bandwidth. However, without proper configuration, this can lead to loops, broadcast storms, and blocked ports due to Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) That's where EtherChannel with LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) comes in. It lets
In the real-world environments, IP phones and computers share the same switch but operate on separate VLANs. This setup improves security, performance, and network manageability. Especially in offices where VoIP is the main form of communication. In this lab, we will simulate a small office network where we need to
When you're building a network that needs to scale, manually adding static routes just doesn't cut it anymore. At a certain point, you want routers to share what they know automatically, accurately, and efficiently. That's where OSPF comes in In this lab, we'
As your network grows, so does the complexity of managing routes between devices. Static routing works, and RIP gets you started, but when you need more efficiency and flexibility, it's time to use something smarter. That's where EIGRP comes in. In this lab, we'll