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Security with Go

You're reading from   Security with Go Explore the power of Golang to secure host, web, and cloud services

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788627917
Length 340 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Karthik Gaekwad Karthik Gaekwad
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John Daniel Leon John Daniel Leon
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

1. Introduction to Security with Go FREE CHAPTER 2. The Go Programming Language 3. Working with Files 4. Forensics 5. Packet Capturing and Injection 6. Cryptography 7. Secure Shell (SSH) 8. Brute Force 9. Web Applications 10. Web Scraping 11. Host Discovery and Enumeration 12. Social Engineering 13. Post Exploitation 14. Conclusions 15. Another Book You May Enjoy

More thoughts on the usage of Go

Go is a great language, and it is a reliable choice for many use cases, but, like any other language, it is not the be-all-and-end-all language. As the old saying goes, "Always choose the best tool for the job." Throughout this book, we looked at the versatility of Go and the standard library. Go is also great for performance, reliability in production, concurrency, and memory usage, but the strong static type system may slow development, making Python a better choice for a simple proof of concept. Interestingly, you can extend Python using Go by writing Python modules in Go.

The C programming language may be a better choice in some situations when you don't want a garbage collector but need to compile the smallest binary possible. Go does provide an unsafe package, which allows you to bypass the type safety, but it does not give...

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