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Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Cookbook

You're reading from   Kali Linux Web Penetration Testing Cookbook Identify, exploit, and prevent web application vulnerabilities with Kali Linux 2018.x

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788991513
Length 404 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez Gilberto Najera-Gutierrez
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Table of Contents (12) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Setting Up Kali Linux and the Testing Lab FREE CHAPTER 2. Reconnaissance 3. Using Proxies, Crawlers, and Spiders 4. Testing Authentication and Session Management 5. Cross-Site Scripting and Client-Side Attacks 6. Exploiting Injection Vulnerabilities 7. Exploiting Platform Vulnerabilities 8. Using Automated Scanners 9. Bypassing Basic Security Controls 10. Mitigation of OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities 11. Other Books You May Enjoy

Reconnaissance

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Passive reconnaissance
  • Using Recon-ng to gather information
  • Scanning and identifying services with Nmap
  • Identifying web application firewalls
  • Identifying HTTPS encryption parameters
  • Using the browser's developer tools to analyze and alter basic behavior
  • Obtaining and modifying cookies
  • Taking advantage of robots.txt
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