Chapter 6. Network Devices
Solutions in this chapter:
Objectives
The objectives of this chapter are to demonstrate and discuss the most common vulnerabilities and configuration errors on routers and switches, which open source tools the penetration tester should use to exploit them, and how this activity fits into the big picture of penetration testing.
Approach
Routers and switches perform the most fundamental actions on a network. They route and direct packets on the network and enable communications at the lowest layers. Therefore, no penetration test would be complete without including network devices. If the penetration tester can gain control ...
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