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Re:Ask HN: I just got $100k in AWS credits, how should I use... by utefan001 on Thursday May 14, 2015 @06:03PM (#9547841)
It would take a while to setup, but offensive infosec people need virtual networks to do pen testing against because they can't pen test all day every day against their own corporate network. Let the user choose a single machine or group of machines to try to compromise. Go for low cost to attract more users or go after big corporate training budgets a la sans.org

Put me in a lab of vulnerable servers and I will spend all weekend trying to get a Admin / root shell and learn way more than any books would have taught me.

BTW, computer security is sort of taking off on indeed.com http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=metasploit&l=&relative=1

Re:Ask HN: I just got $100k in AWS credits, how should I use... by snyff on Thursday May 14, 2015 @07:53PM (#9548227)
Amazon is not super keen on people pentesting from or against their infrastructure.

You will be better using labs available as ISO or VM.

Re:Ask HN: I just got $100k in AWS credits, how should I use... by utefan001 on Thursday May 14, 2015 @07:57PM (#9548241)
All pen testing labs I have seen are VMs