Dear FOSAD Participant,

as part of our lecture, we'll have hands-on labs where you have the opportunity to construct several return-oriented programming exploits. To develop the exploits, you need to install a virtual machine image. Since the image is around 4GB in size, we send out this e-mail today so that you can download and install everything before you travel to FOSAD in Bertinoro. For the case that you are not able to download the image before Wednesday, we’ll provide a USB disk so that you can setup your working environment during the break. However, please try to follow the instructions before you come to Bertinoro. Note that you need to CPU virtualization support to run the virtual machine.

1. Download the VM image from here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxRA3a6PD_VDaUxlT2hhemdoX2c/view?usp=sharing

2. Install either VirtualBox or the VMware Player to import the virtual machine. In the following, I focus on how to import the machine with VirtualBox 4.3.30. This is the version under which the image has been created, but feel free to use a more recent version.

2.1 Download and install VirtualBox 4.3.30 for your system:
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Download_Old_Builds_4_3

2.2 Download and install the VirtualBox extension pack:
http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.30/Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.30-101610.vbox-extpack

2.3 Start VirtualBox and import the appliance (File->Import Appliance).
Follow the instructions for importing the virtual machine

2.4 Start the VM and test if you are able to boot the Ubuntu image

If you completed the boot-up then you are ready for the hands-on labs.

For troubleshooting:
- check whether virtualization support VT-X is enabled in the BIOS
- in general, you can use any of the recent VirtualBox versions, but the VM has been created in version 4.3.30
- try using VMPlayer if VirtualBox doesn't work and vice versa