Officially my title at work is 'Network and Security Architect', however working for a hosting company I tend to wear quite a lot of different hats and still do a lot of Server/network admin.

I...

My company just refreshed my laptop with a new HP ProBook 4535s. So out with the XP image and in with BT5R1 :)

I can confirm that all hardware works and I was delighted to discover an Atheros...

Have a look at the MSFU course on the Offensive Security website.

Section 07 Exploit Development > Writing an Exploit

Sorry can't post links yet :(

First, correct - private IP addresses are not routable over the Internet. You will need to configure address translation or port forwarding on your router.

Second, what are you actually...

Everyone here will have their own opinions on which programming language to start with and there isn't any valid reason for you to chose one over another. Python is quite forgiving compared to other...

I would suggest using ettercap. You can filter for certain ports such as 23/telnet and with the 'quiet' option only the username and password will be displayed/logged.

Take the course! If you build your own lab, you know what vulnerabilities exist - and where's the fun in that?

You could use ettercap to perform the ARP poisoning...Something along the lines of:

ettercap -Tq -M arp:remote /192.168.0.1-254/ -i <interface>