If you don't want to use a VPS or run native (dual-boot Linux) you can install Ubuntu and WSL 2.
(+) You'll (probably) benefit from more memory, cores, and a fast broadband connection.
(+) You can eliminate or supplement your VPS costs
(+) Usability is nice (file management, copy-paste)
(-) WSL2 does not yet support raw sockets, so no nmap or masscan
(-) Mass DNS requests (resolver tools like massdns/puredn) will crash WSL DNS for some reason
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(-) on wsl 1.0 (if you decide to use that) git is painfully slow, including setting up dependencies in large frameworks like reconFTW
(+) ... Your gains in speed per dollar are good. Most gaming rigs equivalent VPS (proc/mem/storage) costs will run you $80-$120 on Digital Ocean
(+) using a VPN/Tor/Proxychains at the Windows level is easy and applies to your Ubuntu setup
(+) Tools that run well in this setup: amass (and other sub scraping tools), web resolution & scanning tools (nuclei, httpx, gau, ++), anything processor-intensive
All this is after a few days of testing. If there are fixes, or additional context (pros/cons) I'll post them in this thread in the future. I don't claim to be a wizard with WSL =P
Happy hacking ;)
So I had to download the newest update to fix some things:
At this time, I was using dirsearch. (I would use ffuf or feroxbuster these days)
(something like the image)
I discovered, (by proxying the site through Burp Suite and looking at responses and errors), that the application was written in CodeIgniter. Noted this down.