Welcome To
Free Lab Fridays

Free Lab Fridays is an initiative started by

Black Hills Information Security, Antisyphon Training, and their partner, MetaCTF

This initiative has a simple goal: Education for All.

<p><span class="ql-size-title">Welcome To </span></p><p><span class="ql-size-title">Free Lab Fridays</span></p>

HOW IT WORKS

Looking for a place to safely complete all of the labs you see?

Free Lab Fridays has the answer.

By providing your email at the link below, you will receive a special code that will grant you 2 HOURS of access to a meticulously crafted lab environment,

hosted on MetaCTF’s CloudLab platform.

On this platform, you will be able to spin up a snapshotted instance of a virtual machine that has everything you will need to complete all 200+ labs,

and the best part? It's all accessible with the click of a button.

One VM. Unlimited Capability.

What If I Use All 2 Free Hours?

Don’t worry! Come back next Friday,

and you’ll get another 2 VM Lab HOURS, for Free!

Please Note: Stacking Hours is NOT possible!

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ARP Cache Poisoning Lab

July 29, 2026

ARP Cache Poisoning - Wireshark Hands-On Lab Capture file: Topology Role IP Address MAC Address Notes Victim 192.168.10.5 00:11:22:33:44:55 Client trying to reach the gateway Gateway 192.168.10.1…

Lab Covert TCP Packet Capture Labs PD-WRL-001 PD-WRL-006 OPM 511 OPM 141 CIS 13 CIS 13.3 TA0011 T1095 TA0010 T1048

Covert TCP Lab

July 29, 2026

CovertTCP - IP Identification Covert Channel Capture file: Topology Role IP Address MAC Address Notes Sender (covert encoder) 10.1.1.10 00:AA:BB:CC:DD:01 Encodes secret data in outbound IPID fields…

Lab Packet Fragmentation Packet Capture Labs PD-WRL-001 IO-WRL-004 OPM 511 OPM 441 CIS 13 CIS 13.3 TA0005 T1027

fragroute lab

July 29, 2026

IP Packet Fragmentation via Fragroute - Hands-On Lab Capture file: Topology Role IP Address MAC Address Notes Victim / IDS 192.168.20.10 00:11:22:33:44:AA Runs a shallow-inspection IDS/firewall…

Lab IPSec & IKEv2 Packet Capture Labs IO-WRL-004 PD-WRL-001 OPM 441 OPM 511 NF-COM-005 NF-COM-006 CIS 12 CIS 12.7

IPSec & IKEv2

July 29, 2026

IPSec & IKEv2 Learning Objectives By the end of this lab you will be able to: Explain the IKEv2 two-phase negotiation process at the packet level Identify and interpret , , , and exchanges Recognise…

Lab OSPF Spoofing Packet Capture Labs PD-WRL-001 IO-WRL-004 OPM 511 OPM 441 NF-COM-005 CIS 12 CIS 12.2 TA0006 T1557

ospf lab

July 29, 2026

OSPF Packet Analysis Capture file: Topology Role Router-ID IP Address MAC Address Designated Router (DR) 192.168.100.1 192.168.100.1/24 00:00:00:aa:00:01 Backup DR (BDR) 192.168.100.2 192.168.100.2/24…

Lab Port Knocking Packet Capture Labs PD-WRL-001 IO-WRL-004 OPM 511 OPM 441 CIS 4 CIS 4.4 CIS 13 TA0011 T1205

Port Knocking Lab

July 29, 2026

Port Knocking on the Wire Capture file: Topology Role IP Address MAC Address Notes Knocking client (valid) 10.42.0.7 00:11:22:33:44:55 Completes correct sequence Protected server 192.0.2.55…

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Welcome To Free Lab Fridays

HOW IT WORKS

What If I Use All 2 Free Hours?

Jump Right in

Looking for something Specific?

ARP Cache Poisoning Lab

Covert TCP Lab

fragroute lab

IPSec & IKEv2

ospf lab

Port Knocking Lab

Are You An Educator?

Welcome To
Free Lab Fridays