Project

Cybersecurity Home Lab

Note: IP addresses are intentionally anonymized. This project represents a simulated lab environment.

Overview

This homelab infrastructure environment was designed and built to practice for system hardening, monitoring, controlled exploitation, and mitigation.

Architecture

Below is the physical diagram for Homelab: (Will be updated Soon)

physical diagram

Example physical diagram

Environment

  • Virtualization platform / VMs (vSphere)
  • Network segmentation plan (Virtual Switch provided by ESXi, VyOS)
  • Firewall (PfSense, Squidguard)
  • Logging/monitoring tools (Security Onion)

Hardening and controls

  • Baseline hardening steps and configuration choices
  • Firewall rules and verification
  • Logging strategy and detection checks

Testing approach

Keep it controlled and ethical. Emphasize reproducibility and mitigation.

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