4 RECONNAISSANCE
Every hacking engagement starts with some form of information gathering. In this chapter, we’ll perform reconnaissance on targets by writing bash scripts to run various hacking tools. You’ll learn how to use bash to automate tasks and chain multiple tools into a single workflow.
In the process, you’ll develop an important bash-scripting skill: parsing the output of various tools to extract only the information you need. Your scripts will interact with tools that figure out what hosts are online, what ports are open on those hosts, and what services they are running, then deliver this information to you in the format you require. ...
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