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Python Penetration Testing Essentials

You're reading from   Python Penetration Testing Essentials Techniques for ethical hacking with Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2018
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ISBN-13 9781789138962
Length 230 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Mohit Raj Mohit Raj
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Python with Penetration Testing and Networking 2. Scanning Pentesting FREE CHAPTER 3. Sniffing and Penetration Testing 4. Network Attacks and Prevention 5. Wireless Pentesting 6. Honeypot – Building Traps for Attackers 7. Foot Printing a Web Server and a Web Application 8. Client-Side and DDoS Attacks 9. Pentesting SQL and XSS 10. Other Books You May Enjoy

Wireless SSID finding and wireless traffic analysis with Python

If you have done wireless testing with Back-Track or Kali Linux, then you will be familiar with the airmon-ng suite. The airmon-ng script is used to enable monitor mode on wireless interfaces. The Monitor mode allows a wireless device to capture frames without having to associate with an AP. We are going to run all our programs on Kali Linux. The following screenshot shows you how to set mon0:

Setting mon0

When you run the airmon-ng script, it gives the wireless card a name, such as wlan0, as shown in the preceding screenshot. The airmon-ng start wlan0 command will start wlan0 in monitor mode, and mon0 captures wireless packets.

Now, let's write our first program, which gives three values: SSID, BSSID, and the channel number. The program name is ssid_finder_raw.py. Let's see the code and explanation as...

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