RING Content Release Notes


August 18, 2025

Updated Lab Design
  • RING - Cybersecurity Exploration v1.0
    The updated release of the RING - Cybersecurity Exploration v1.0 pod and lab designs requires that the course be updated in the Course Manager to Release: 2.
    • Pod Design Revisions
      --support for PVE; general cleanup
  • RING - CrypTool v1.0
    The updated release of the RING - CrypTool v1.0 pod and lab designs requires that the course be updated in the Course Manager to Release: 3.
    • Pod Design Revisions
      --support for PVE; general cleanup

December 11, 2023

New Lab Design
  • RING - CrypTool v1.0
    The initial release of the RING - CrypTool v1.0 lab designs (Release: 1).

New Pod Design
  • RING - CrypTool v1.0 Pod
    The initial release of the RING - CrypTool v1.0 pod design requires its own exclusive set of OVA(s) (Version: 1, Build: 2023120401).
    • Workstation (Version: 1, Build: 2023120401)
      MD5: 8A63574B47A9653F4BF964039871C594

August 31, 2023

New Lab Design
  • RING - Cybersecurity Exploration v1.0
    Initial Release

New Pod Design
  • RING - Cybersecurity Exploration v1.0 Pod
    The initial release of the RING - Cybersecurity Exploration v1.0 pod design requires its own exclusive set of OVA(s) (Version: 1, Build: 2023082301).
    • Kali Linux (Version: 1, Build: 2023082301)
      MD5: 066ACA7AB01C84A76C563EBF5719E96A
    • Metasploitable3 (Version: 1, Build: 2023082301)
      MD5: 98F438B48221B627E8F3C26F76E103C3
    • pfSense (Version: 1, Build: 2023082301)
      MD5: 45C7DBA00154D01CC7B2D9BC4C1B9D15
    • PodEGW (Version: 1, Build: 2023082301)
      MD5: 8E9816CD055820F285A0A8E9AD72DD21
    • Windows2019 Server (Version: 1, Build: 2023082301)
      MD5: 9E50D7764A9CAAA6B29BD3DFCEFC26BB