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Hands-On Dark Web Analysis

By : Sion Retzkin
Book Image

Hands-On Dark Web Analysis

By: Sion Retzkin

Overview of this book

The overall world wide web is divided into three main areas - the Surface Web, the Deep Web, and the Dark Web. The Deep Web and Dark Web are the two areas which are not accessible through standard search engines or browsers. It becomes extremely important for security professionals to have control over these areas to analyze the security of your organization. This book will initially introduce you to the concept of the Deep Web and the Dark Web and their significance in the security sector. Then we will deep dive into installing operating systems and Tor Browser for privacy, security and anonymity while accessing them. During the course of the book, we will also share some best practices which will be useful in using the tools for best effect. By the end of this book, you will have hands-on experience working with the Deep Web and the Dark Web for security analysis
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Chapter 7. Installing Whonix

In the last chapter, we focused on installing Tails and accessing the Deep Web with it. Whonix is designed for advanced security and privacy. It's a heavily reconfigured Linux Debian that runs inside multiple virtual machines, providing a substantial layer of protection from malware and IP address leaks.

Whonix is the only operating system designed to be run inside a VM and paired with Tor.

In this chapter, we'll learn how to install and use Whonix to browse the Deep Web.

We will discuss the following topics:

  • What Whonix is
  • Whonix installation and pre-requisites
  • Using Tor Browser with Whonix