Set Up Core Impact
When you first launch Core Impact, the Setup Wizard will open and allow you to set network configurations and community usage preferences. Network settings can be changed at any time by accessing the Network Options of the Core Impact User Guide. Community usage preferences can also be modified by accessing
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When the Setup Wizard opens, press the Next button.
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Select your preferred Network Interface from the drop-down menu, then press the Next button.
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Define how your system connects to the Internet. If you Use a proxy server, enter your proxy's connection details, then press the Next button.
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Core Impact provides the ability to connect to the Core CloudCypher, which is a web-based service that attempts to determine the plain text passwords for discovered NTLM Hashes from Windows machines. From the Automatically Submit Credentials drop down, select one of the following options:
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Yes: Hashes will be automatically submitted to the CloudCypher service.
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No: Hashes will not be automatically submitted to the CloudCypher service. You will still be able to submit them manually.
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Never: The ability to send hashes to the CloudCypher service will not be available in your current installation of Core Impact.
If you choose either Yes or No, you can modify this setting in the Core CloudCypher Options section of the Preferences, after the installation has been completed.
You can also enter an email address to which notifications will be sent when a cracking process has completed.
Press Next to continue.
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Generated reports will be saved to the default path displayed. Press Next to continue.
This value can be changed later in the products Other Options.
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Core Impact can gather anonymous usage statistics about how the application is used. This allows Core Security to provide industry statistics to you as well as to improve Core Impact for future releases. To opt into the Usage Statistics Program, click the Yes, I am willing to participate ... check-box, optionally select your primary industry from the drop-down.
If you check I wish to permanently opt-out of the program, your statistics will not be gathered and you will not have the option to enable usage statistics in Core Impact.
If you do not check either option, your statistics will not be gathered unless you enable statistics in the Community Usage Options in Core Impact.
- Press the Finish button.
Congratulations! Your copy of Core Impact is now installed, licensed, and activated.
See Also:
How to Integrate with Metasploit