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Hi, I was recently watching a few David Bombal videos, in which he talks about various pentesting methods (Eg: this and this).

My question is: if you’re not looking to actively learn about pentesting, what other benefits would such efforts offer for your homelab? Setting up automatic pentesting routines to check if your network has been hacked? Just fun?

I’m not trying to be a pentesting expert but it seems really cool, it’s just that since I will likely not be using it daily for my job/at home, I will quickly lose motivation to keep doing it. What do you use pentesting for in your homelab?

Thanks!

  • @possiblylinux127English
    2•1 year ago

    I pen test because my lab isnt’t air gapped

    • @MigratingtoLemmyOPEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      That is a good idea. Could you tell me more about how you automate pentesting your network?

      • @possiblylinux127English
        1•1 year ago

        I don’t ready automate it but I usually start by running nmap scans to make sure there isn’t any ports exposed that shouldn’t be exposed. You’d be surprised how much more secure you systems will become once you lock it down.

        Also check your SSL configs to make sure there aren’t any config problems.

        I also ran the automated scans that were built into nextcloud