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Python Penetration Testing Essentials - Second Edition
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Python Penetration Testing Essentials - Second Edition

by Mohit Raj
May 2018
Beginner
230 pages
4h 49m
English
Packt Publishing
Content preview from Python Penetration Testing Essentials - Second Edition

Learning the common testing platforms with Python

You will now perform some pentesting; I hope you are well acquainted with networking fundamentals such as IP addresses, classful subnetting, classless subnetting, the meaning of ports, network addresses, and broadcast addresses. A pentester must be knowledgeable in networking fundamentals as well as in at least one operating system; if you are thinking of using Linux, then you are on the right track. In this book, we will execute our programs on Windows as well as Linux. In this book, Windows, CentOS, and Kali Linux will be used.

A hacker always loves to work on a Linux system. Since it is a free and open source, Kali Linux marks the rebirth of BackTrack and is like an arsenal of hacking tools. ...

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