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Building your test lab

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Building your test lab

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- [Narrator] Whether you're doing static or dynamic application security testing, you're going to need a test lab. Fortunately, my recommended lab for static testing is pretty lightweight. I do a lot of my training and testing in virtual machines. It's just as easy to spin up a new VM as it is to blow it away and restore it to its default settings. There are quite a few security VMs available for free, but you'll need a virtual machine player in order to use them. VMware workstation player is one of, if not, the most popular option. Although you will need to purchase a license if you intend to use it commercially. VirtualBox from Oracle is entirely free. The trade off is that you might need to do a little extra work to get your VM up and running in VirtualBox than you would if you were in VMware player. I used to run into compatibility issues between the two, but those issues pop up less and less frequently as time goes…

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