Quick Start Guide to Penetration Testing: With NMAP, OpenVAS and Metasploit

© Sagar Rahalkar 2019

Sagar RahalkarQuick Start Guide to Penetration Testinghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4270-4_4

4. Use Case

Sagar Rahalkar¹ 

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Pune, Maharashtra, India

 

In the previous three chapters, you got acquainted with the essential tools NMAP, OpenVAS, and Metasploit. You learned about each of the tools in detail as well as how they can be integrated with each other for better efficiency.

Now it’s time to put all that knowledge together and apply it in a practical scenario. In this chapter, you’ll apply the various techniques you’ve learned so far to exploit a vulnerable system and get access to it.

Creating a Virtual Lab

It may not always be possible to try your newly learned skills on live production systems. Hence, you can try your ...