Python Penetration Testing Essentials电子书

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Python Penetration Testing Essentials Second Edition

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Python with Penetration Testing and Networking

Introducing the scope of pentesting

The need for pentesting

Components to be tested

Qualities of a good pentester

Defining the scope of pentesting

Approaches to pentesting

Introducing Python scripting

Understanding the tests and tools you'll need

Learning the common testing platforms with Python

Network sockets

Server socket methods

Client socket methods

General socket methods

Moving on to the practical

Socket exceptions

Useful socket methods

Summary

Scanning Pentesting

How to check live systems in a network and the concept of a live system

Ping sweep

The TCP scan concept and its implementation using a Python script

How to create an efficient IP scanner in Windows

How to create an efficient IP scanner in Linux

The concept of the Linux-based IP scanner

nmap with Python

What are the services running on the target machine?

The concept of a port scanner

How to create an efficient port scanner

Summary

Sniffing and Penetration Testing

Introducing a network sniffer

Passive sniffing

Active sniffing

Implementing a network sniffer using Python

Format characters

Learning about packet crafting

Introducing ARP spoofing and implementing it using Python

The ARP request

The ARP reply

The ARP cache

Testing the security system using custom packet crafting

A half-open scan

The FIN scan

ACK flag scanning

Summary

Network Attacks and Prevention

Technical requirements

DHCP starvation attack

The MAC flooding attack

How the switch uses the CAM tables

The MAC flood logic

Gateway disassociation by RAW socket

Torrent detection

Running the program in hidden mode

Summary

Wireless Pentesting

Introduction to 802.11 frames

Wireless SSID finding and wireless traffic analysis with Python

Detecting clients of an AP

Wireless hidden SSID scanner

Wireless attacks

The deauthentication (deauth) attack

Detecting the deauth attack

Summary

Honeypot – Building Traps for Attackers

Technical requirements

Fake ARP reply

Fake ping reply

Fake port-scanning reply

Fake OS-signature reply to nmap

Fake web server reply

Summary

Foot Printing a Web Server and a Web Application

The concept of foot printing a web server

Introducing information gathering

Checking the HTTP header

Information gathering of a website from whois.domaintools.com

Email address gathering from a web page

Banner grabbing of a website

Hardening of a web server

Summary

Client-Side and DDoS Attacks

Introducing client-side validation

Tampering with the client-side parameter with Python

Effects of parameter tampering on business

Introducing DoS and DDoS

Single IP, single ports

Single IP, multiple port

Multiple IP, multiple ports

Detection of DDoS

Summary

Pentesting SQL and XSS

Introducing the SQL injection attack

Types of SQL injections

Simple SQL injection

Blind SQL injection

Understanding the SQL injection attack by a Python script

Learning about cross-site scripting

Persistent or stored XSS

Nonpersistent or reflected XSS

Summary

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