Introduction to Python
Abstract
In this chapter, we dig into the Python language and investigate different types of network scripts, subnetting, and file manipulation. These topics are investigated through practical examples that we will encounter while penetration testing. We look at how to build scripts to communicate with Web servers, determine what Web servers may be hiding, and even investigate how to send our data without it being seen by network tools. These examples and more provide practical, real-world scenarios for when and how to use the Python language. While we’re building tools that we can extend for our scripting toolkit, we investigate all the Python basics from data structures, to control statements, to interact with ...
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