Before you begin, lock the baseline for your detection lab.
Core workstation requirements
- a modern Chromium-based browser and Firefox
- Node.js and npm
- Python for supporting scripts
- a proxying tool such as Burp Suite
- packet or request inspection capability
Recommended course workspace
Keep one workspace for:
- controlled bot experiments
- detection prototypes
- notes and screenshots
- challenge result comparisons
Baseline checklist
That gives you a reference point when the course begins layering detection logic.