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Hey, all!

Hopefully someone can help me here - having trouble cracking this nut.

I am trying to set up a platform for pentesting. For this reason, I need to have a few VMs open. Ubuntu 9.04, WinXP SP2 with MySQL and FTP enabled, and Kali Linux. Because they're pen targets, WinXP and Ubuntu are not going to be patched from install. I am having trouble connecting to H T T P on the WinXP machine, and can't seem to find any solutions online - I've found many people with problems similar to mine, but no solutions. I know it's a longshot, but I was hoping that someone here could shed some light.

Client - WinXP SP2, fresh install. No anti-virus or firewalls.

I have tried all the networking modes I can think of for Virtualbox - Bridged, NAT, NAT Network, etc. I have tried multiple adapters, and have installed the drivers for the Intel 1000 option in VM, as well as installing the Virtual Box tools. No luck.

The client can ping google DNS, etc etc. It has no problems connecting to things other than H T T P (that I've tried - it works for ping and tracert at least). The network connections list the LAN as fully connected, and ipconfig gives a readout without any issues - ip is 192.168.1.x, etc etc.

Any ideas?

EDIT: I wanted to add: Ubuntu 9.04 and Kali work fine out of the box - even though Ubuntu 9.04 is also outdated and unpatched. Also, sorry for the weird spacing on H T T P, the forum thinks I'm trying to post a link when it is all together.

Fistbeard wrote:The client can ping google DNS, etc etc. It has no problems connecting to things other than H T T P

That means that you and VirtualBox have done your jobs correctly. You have to start looking at your client and its configuration. I'm afraid that as long as you have connectivity, VirtualBox cannot and will not mess with specific protocols.

Okay, so I should look more at straight up XP config issues rather than XP config issues with regards to Virtualbox, yes?

Thanks, that at least lets me narrow my search.

Yes. And to be absolutely sure make sure that there is no DNS issues, i.e. try http://216.58.208.100 (that's what "host www.google.com" comes up in my machine).

Ya that doesn't want to play nice either, but nslookup has no problems getting name/IP for Google. At the same time, TOR browser has full functionality. I think that port 80 is in some way, shape, or form, FUBAR.

Fistbeard wrote:WinXP and Ubuntu are not going to be patched from install

Fistbeard wrote:TOR browser has full functionality

Are you sure that it is not IE 6 (or whatever it was at the time) that's responsible for this behavior?

Actually I tried Firefox and it worked, guess the old adage is true - simplest solution is probably the best.

Still want to know why IE6 (7?) isn't playing nice with WinXP out of the box, but that's Microsoft circa 2003 for you.

I don't know. Maybe because the web has evolved? Just a guess...

I'm shocked, shocked to discover that the web might have changed in any way since 2003!