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Python Penetration Testing Essentials

You're reading from Python Penetration Testing Essentials Techniques for ethical hacking with Python

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781789138962

Length 230 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Ethical Hacking

Author (1):

Mohit Raj

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Python with Penetration Testing and Networking FREE CHAPTER

2. Scanning Pentesting

3. Sniffing and Penetration Testing

4. Network Attacks and Prevention

5. Wireless Pentesting

6. Honeypot – Building Traps for Attackers

7. Foot Printing a Web Server and a Web Application

8. Client-Side and DDoS Attacks

9. Pentesting SQL and XSS

10. Other Books You May Enjoy

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The MAC flooding attack

MAC flooding entails flooding the switch with a large number of requests. Content Addressable Memory (CAM) separates a switch from a hub. It stores information, such as the MAC address of the connected devices with the physical port number. Every MAC in a CAM table is assigned a switch port number. With this information, the switch knows where to send Ethernet frames. The size of the CAM tables is fixed. You might wonder what happens when the CAM tables get a large number of requests. In such a case, the switch turns into a hub, and the incoming frames are flooded out on all ports, giving the attacker access to network communication.

How the switch uses the CAM tables

The switch learns the MAC address...

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Authors (1)

Mohit Raj

Mohit Raj

Mohit Raj is a Python programmer with a keen interest in the field of information security. He completed his bachelor's degree in technology in computer science from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, and his masters in engineering (2012) in computer science from Thapar University, Patiala. He is a C|EH, ECSA from EC-Council USA and a former IBMer. Mohit currently works at Sapient, and has published several articles in national and international magazines. He is the author of Python Penetration Testing Essentials and Python: Penetration Testing for Developers, also by Packt Publishing.

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