Question, I use a VM that has my scanning scripts with more RAM allocated to it as my “Scan Box” due to SecList breaking my original PWK box. Ex: Lost my ability to minimize/maximize windows inside of Kali. As a result, I keep a separate “Scan VM” and “General Kali Enum VM” when doing PenTesting.
Can I start the Exam VPN on my “Scan Machine” while having a concurrent Exam VPN session on my “Kali Box” while the scans are finishing to do the BoF or other enum work?
TLDR: Are concurrent VPN sessions allowed on different VM’s during the exam?
No, you can’t establish multiple connections to the VPN with the same credentials - it is to stop people getting others to dial in and help them.
Any exact exam questions about what is allowed are best directed to [email protected] as anyone here could tell you anything, and you could cause yourself grief.
I would have suggested using your host for the VPN connection so that all your VMs can see it, but the exam information page states:
"SECTION 2: EXAM INFORMATION
Exam Connection
Your connection to the exam is to be done with Kali Linux using OpenVPN."
As someone suggested above, why not use your scan vpn for everything?
I did an exam attempt just yesterday and had two VMs, like you.The proctor just asked me to run the VPN troubleshooting script in both VMs I was using.
At first I had the VPN running on my host machine (Debian), and NAT from there.
I told the proctor about this when I switched it to one of my VMs, and had no problem with that. (I was not aware about the article u/fwbt posted, but I think that requirement is for them to be able to troubleshoot.)
Installing SecTools caused some issues with firefox as well as my ability to minimize and maximize my windows. Terminal window had issues…which is why I try to keep those boxes separate. Another poster recommended that I change the gsettings so I’ll try this.
Awesome, thanks for letting me know. Without details of course, how tough was the exam? I’m nervous asf and honestly not expecting to pass first try but also plan on giving it my all…
I really appreciate this detailed response as it helped with a bit of my anxiety towards this exam lol. I kind of have your same mindset where I wanted to take it just for the experience and exposure with the intent of going back in and doing more of the labs after. Hopefully I’m successful in the end but kind of nervous since I did about 19 machines (all manual) and I’ve seen the magic number to be above 25.