You're reading from Python for Security and Networking Leverage Python modules and tools in securing your network and applications

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Published in Jun 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837637553

Length 586 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

Python

Concepts

Information Security

Author (1):

José Manuel Ortega

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Python Environment and System Programming Tools

2. Working with Python Scripting FREE CHAPTER

3. System Programming Packages

4. Section 2: Network Scripting and Packet Sniffing with Python

5. Socket Programming

6. HTTP Programming and Web Authentication

7. Analyzing Network Traffic and Packet Sniffing

8. Section 3: Server Scripting and Port Scanning with Python

9. Gathering Information from Servers with OSINT Tools

10. Interacting with FTP, SFTP, and SSH Servers

11. Working with Nmap Scanner

12. Section 4: Server Vulnerabilities and Security in Web Applications

13. Interacting with Vulnerability Scanners

14. Interacting with Server Vulnerabilities in Web Applications

15. Obtain Information from Vulnerabilities Databases

16. Section 5: Python Forensics

17. Extracting Geolocation and Metadata from Documents, Images, and Browsers

18. Python Tools for Brute-Force Attacks

19. Cryptography and Code Obfuscation

20. Assessments – Answers to the End-of-Chapter Questions

21. Other Books You May Enjoy

22. Index

Technical requirements

You will need some basic knowledge about command execution in operating systems to get the most out of this chapter. Also, before you begin, install the Python distribution on your local machine. We will work with Python version 3.10, which is available at https://www.python.org/downloads.

Some of the examples in this chapter require the installation of the following programs:

Nmap port scanner: https://nmap.org/

The examples and source code for this chapter are available in the GitHub repository at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Python-for-Security-and-Networking.

Check out the following video to see the Code in Action: https://packt.link/Chapter02.

Interact with the operating system in Python

The OS module is one of the best mechanisms to access the different functions in our operating system. Your use of this module will depend on which operating system is being used. For example, you need to use different commands depending on...

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