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You're reading from Kali Linux Network Scanning Cookbook A Step-by-Step Guide leveraging Custom Scripts and Integrated Tools in Kali Linux

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2017

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781787287907

Length 634 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

TCP

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Network Security

Author (1):

Michael Hixon

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Getting Started FREE CHAPTER

2. Reconnaissance

3. Discovery

4. Port Scanning

5. Fingerprinting

6. Vulnerability Scanning

7. Denial of Service

8. Working with Burp Suite

9. Web Application Scanning

10. Attacking the Browser with BeEF

11. Working with Sparta

12. Automating Kali Tools

Fingerprinting

After identifying live systems in the target range and enumerating open ports on those systems, it is important to start gathering information about them and the services that are associated with the open ports. In this chapter, we will discuss different techniques used to fingerprint systems and services with Kali Linux. These techniques will include banner grabbing, service probe identification, operating system identification, SNMP information gathering, and firewall identification. Specific recipes in this chapter include the following:

Banner grabbing with Netcat
Banner grabbing with Python sockets
Banner grabbing with DMitry
Banner grabbing with Nmap NSE
Banner grabbing with Amap
Service identification with Nmap
Service identification with Amap
Operating system identification with Scapy
Operating system identification with Nmap
Operating system identification with xprobe2
Passive operating...

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Authors (1)

Hixon

Michael Hixon currently works as a security consultant with a focus on penetration testing and web application security. He previously served in the United States Marine Corp, where he was an infantryman, security forces member, and counterintelligence agent. After the military, he worked as a programmer before changing his focus to IT security. He has worked for the Red Cross, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, and numerous intelligence agencies in his career. He holds a bachelors degree in management information systems and multiple professional information-security certifications, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), eLearnSecurity Web Application Penetration Tester (eWPT), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and eLearnSecurity Certified Professional Penetration Tester (eCPPT). He currently runs the Baltimore chapter of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).

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