Follow the appropriate tutorial to install Kali!
File > Preferences > Input to view Host Key for shortcuts
- Host + F : Fullscreen VM
Now within the terminal follow the remaining instructions.
mkdir share
cd share
echo $(hostname)
echo "hello this is $(hostname)" > hello.txt
#!/usr/bin/bash
echo '<!doctype html><meta charset="utf-8"><title>My Files</title><h1>My Files</h1><ul>' > index.html
for f in *; do
[ -f "$f" ] || continue
printf '<li><a href="%s">%s</a></li>\n' "$f" "$f" >> index.html
done
echo '</ul>' >> index.html
Hopefully this is a better line by line explanation than what I explained in the workshop:
echo writes out the starting HTML tags and rewrites what is in the index.html file because of the redirection.
Quick HTML explanation, HTML is Hypertext Markup Language and is the programming language that is used to render and display webpages by your browser. HTML works by displaying the contents of a .html file written in different sections such as headings <h1></h1> lists <l1></l1> paragraphs <p></p> and body <b></b> and renders the contents in between based on the surrounding tags.
Tags in html are in the format <tag></tag>
- The first brackets
<>are opening tags - The second brackets with a slash
</>are closing tags In HTML almost all tags except a few special ones need closing tags.\
<!doctype html>
The HTML Doctype declaration is used in HTML documents to specify the document type and version of HTML being used. This is needed at the beginning of all HTML files! Kinda like the shebang in bash (#!)
<meta charset="utf-8">
This tells the browser which renders your webpage what character encoding to use that way it can load the characters and symbols we want to display to our webpage!
for f in *;
starts a loop:
*expands to every item(file) in the current folder.
[ -f "$f" ] || continue
tests if the file is a regular file, if it fails the condition it "continues" skipping the file and not adding it.
printf '<li><a href="%s">%s</a></li>\n' "$f" "$f" >> index.html
>> appends to the index.html file
echo '</ul>' >> index.html
appends the unordered list end tag to the file
Redirection > versus >>
> rewrites the contents of a file >> adds to the end of a file (appends)
I for f in *; do
Expands to every file sets f to filename for every file (iterates once through the loop for every file)
RUN THE FILE
if it doesn't run use chmod! (change the read (r), write (w), execute (x) permissions)
chmod +x scriptName.sh
//start server
python3 -m http.server 8000
CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE!
localhost:8000/index.html
or
0.0.0.0:8000/index.html
You should see something like:
So, if you are on Baylor Wifi this part will not work for you... HOWEVER it will work on devices on the same mobile hotspot!
This is what makes the project like a local network FTP server, assuming another person knows your IP address and the name of the file they want to get.
Change VM settings in Virtual Box, I suggest using the Bridged Adapter as that is the easiest. Close VM Close VM VirtualBox > Select the VM you want to use > Settings > Network > Adapter 1 > Change "Attached To" (Bridged Adapter)
You should be able to leave the name of adapter the same
Options:
- Port Forwarding (Set a new rule with the following)
- Host IP: 127.0.0.1
- Host Port: same as http server (8000)
- Guest IP: hostname -I
- Guest Port: same as http server (8000)
- Bridged Adapter (:D)
- Host-only adapter (don't do stupidly confusing)
Now giving someone else (or yourself) the IP address of the machine
hostname -I: to get your IP address
curl -O http://a.b.x.y:8000/hello.txt
wget http://a.b.x.y:8000/hello.txt
and if run successfully the file will be downloaded to the directory you are currently in within the terminal!