FOREWORD

As an attacker or defender developing software, one obviously needs to decide which language makes the most sense to use. Ideally, a language won’t be chosen simply because it is what the developer is most comfortable with. Rather, a language should be chosen based on answering a series of questions such as the following:

• What are my primary target execution environments?

• What is the state of detection and logging for payloads written in this language?

• To what level does my software need to maintain stealth (for example, memory residence)?

• How well is the language supported for both the client side and the server side?

• Is there a sizable community developing in this language?

• What is the learning curve and how maintainable ...

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