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Lab Path
Dark Web defender literacy path on `$DW_LAB` — lab setup to mentor handoff with ethics gates at every station.
Visual · t39_lab_path
Lab path = visual defender chain on YOUR $DW_LAB. Original Cyberlium.
Opening
Draw the path from lab setup to mentor handoff — with stop signs at every marketplace shortcut and unauthorized collection lane.
Document literacy path: `$DW_LAB` setup → anon mindset → Tor literacy → OPSEC → hardened OS → defender monitoring → leak hunting → legal ethics → TI handoff → reporting → capstone. Ethics gates: marketplace buys, carding, crime how-tos, unauthorized collection, vigilantism, public TLP-RED leaks — refused paths labeled red. UTC milestones and artifact IDs per station. Mermaid or sketch chmod 600. Honest N/A if brief skipped live template work — labeled LAB. Defender breakpoint: where fictional org scope discipline prevented marketplace access or unauthorized collection action.
1. Path stations
Setup, mindset, Tor, OPSEC, hardened OS, monitoring, leak hunting, legal ethics, TI, reporting, handoff — minimum stations.
Each station links evidence index row and module lesson ID.
Command guide
Try these commands — Path stations
═══ LINUX / macOS (Terminal Practice) ═══
Check system state and user context
Command — copy this
id whoami uname -a
Inspect network sockets listening for connections
Command — copy this
ss -tuln 2>/dev/null || netstat -tuln
Audit active processes
Command — copy this
ps aux | grep -v "\[" | head -15
═══ WINDOWS (POWERSHELL) ═══ Query user identity and system information
Command — copy this
whoami /all Get-ComputerInfo | Select-Object CsName, OsName, OsVersion
Primary tools to practice this lesson: curl, grep. Reference sites: Tor Project (https://www.torproject.org/); Tor Manual (https://tb-manual.torproject.org/); CISA (https://www.cisa.gov/). Run every command in the box — install first, then the usage lines — only on YOUR lab / program scope.
2. Ethics overlay
Red stops: marketplace buys, carding, crime how-tos, unauthorized collection, vigilantism, public restricted intel.
Defender branch always green start — `$DW_LAB` on separate labeled template.
3. Integrity breakpoint
Mark where scope check prevented marketplace access or unauthorized collection.
One paragraph uplift from YOUR `$DW_LAB` path.
4. What you ship: lab path diagram
Defender chain with ethics gates + UTC milestones — chmod 600.
5. What you record before the next lesson
Lab path diagram path.
6. Wrong vs right: criminal markets vs YOUR OPSEC lab
Worked failure — same MSF word, opposite target. Right never needs a café Wi-Fi or classmate laptop.
Wrong
Lab path includes marketplace access shortcut lane.
Right
Lab path documented for $DW_LAB. Next: Evidence Pack.
Mission: lab path diagram
1) Map minimum stations. 2) Add ethics gates. 3) UTC milestones per station. 4) Link evidence index IDs.
Stuck? Ask Cyberlium AI Mentor
Ask Mentor: “Diagram vs numbered list for capstone?”
Knowledge Check
APPLY: Lab path documents:
Multiple choice
Knowledge Check
APPLY: True or False: Marketplace shortcut OK on path.
True or False
Knowledge Check
APPLY: Path ends at:
Multiple choice