3ANALYZING AND MANAGING NETWORKS

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Understanding networking is crucial for any aspiring hacker. In many situations, you’ll be hacking something over a network, and a good hacker needs to know how to connect to and interact with that network. For example, you may need to connect to a computer with your Internet Protocol (IP) address hidden from view, or you may need to redirect a target’s Domain Name System (DNS) queries to your system; these kinds of tasks are relatively simple but require a little Linux network know-how. This chapter shows you some essential Linux tools for analyzing and managing networks during your network-hacking adventures. ...

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