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Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing

You're reading from   Mastering Kali Linux for Advanced Penetration Testing This book will make you an expert in Kali Linux penetration testing. It covers all the most advanced tools and techniques to reproduce the methods used by sophisticated hackers. Full of real-world examples – an indispensable manual.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782163121
Length 356 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Chapter 2. Identifying the Target – Passive Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance is the first step of the kill chain when conducting a penetration test or an attack against a network or server target. An attacker will typically dedicate up to seventy-five percent of the overall work effort for a penetration test to reconnaissance, as it is this phase that allows the target to be defined, mapped, and explored for the vulnerabilities that will eventually lead to exploitation.

There are two types of reconnaissance: passive reconnaissance, and active reconnaissance.

Generally, passive reconnaissance is concerned with analyzing information that is openly available, usually from the target itself or public sources online. On accessing this information, the tester or attacker does not interact with the target in an unusual manner—requests and activities will not be logged, or will not be traced directly to the tester. Therefore, passive reconnaissance is conducted first to minimize...

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