Step 1

• Start the Kali Linux machine in Live mode.

Step 2

• Open the terminal by clicking its icon in the options bar on the left side of the window.

Step 3

• Run the command ip a to identify the IP address of the machine for future use.

Step 4

• Use the command netcat -lvp 4444 to start a listener.

Step 5

• Create a new Python file by right-clicking the project’s folder, and selecting New > Python File. Name the file Client.

Step 6

• Import the socket module to the file.

import socket

Step 7

• Import the time module to the file.

import time

Step 8

• Create a socket variable.

my_sock = socket.socket()

Step 9

• Connect the socket to the listener in the Kali machine.

my_sock.connect((“10.0.2.4”, 4444)) 

Step 10

• Add a pause of 5 seconds after the connection using the time module.

time.sleep(5) 

Step 11

• Close the connection at the end of the client’s script.

my_sock.close()

Step 12

• Execute the code by right-clicking the file, and then clicking Run.

Step 13

• Verify in the Kali machine that the connection was established.

Final Code

"""Lab Objective: Create a client socket."""
import socket
import time

my_socket = socket.socket()
my_socket.connect(("10.0.0.5", 4444))
time.sleep(5)
my_socket.close()

input("\nPress 'Enter' to exit the program")# prevents program from closing upon execution