To get the most out of this book

You will need to install a Python distribution on your local machine, which should have at least 4 GB of memory. Also, you will need Python version 3.10, which you can install on your system globally or use a virtual environment for testing the scripts with this version.

Software/hardware covered in the book	OS requirements
Python 3.10	Windows, macOS, and Linux (Any)

Download the example code files

The code bundle for the book is hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Python-for-Security-and-Networking. We also have other code bundles from our rich catalog of books and videos available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/. Check them out!

Code in Action

Code in Action videos for this book can be viewed at (https://packt.link/Playlist_CodeinAction).

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://packt.link/t85UI.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: “In this way, the module can be installed either with the pip install pipreqs command or through the GitHub code repository using the python setup.py install command.”

A block of code is set as follows:

import my_module
def main():
    my_module.test()
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

$ pip -r requirements.txt

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see on the screen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. For example: “Select System info from the Administration panel.”

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.