Using Python, Flask and Docker To Teach Web Pentesting
summary
Course infrastructure hosts 65 independent Dockerized sites for about 70 students, built with Python, Flask, Postgres, Docker and cookiecutter and orchestrated by docker‑compose, logging into Elasticsearch and auth via Keycloak. Middleware blocks noisy scanners, headless Chrome workers automate XSS triggers, per‑student isolated databases prevent cross‑contamination, and flags are student‑specific hashes. Most systems work and scale on two AWS boxes, but maintenance and brittle tests cost time and teaching capacity.
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chapters (4)
- 0:00Start
- 7:06set up a fresh environment
- 16:21isolated databases
- 28:05start accessing files on the server
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