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Python Penetration Testing Cookbook

You're reading from   Python Penetration Testing Cookbook Practical recipes on implementing information gathering, network security, intrusion detection, and post-exploitation

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784399771
Length 226 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rejah Rehim Rejah Rehim
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Why Python in Penetration Testing? FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up a Python Environment 3. Web Scraping with Python 4. Data Parsing with Python 5. Web Scraping with Scrapy and BeautifulSoup 6. Network Scanning with Python 7. Network Sniffing with Python 8. Scapy Basics 9. Wi-Fi Sniffing 10. Layer 2 Attacks 11. TCP/IP Attacks 12. Introduction to Exploit Development 13. Windows Exploit Development 14. Linux Exploit Development

Introduction

In this chapter, we will learn how to set up Python on your machine. Most operating systems except Windows already have Python interpreter installed by default. To check that Python interpreter is installed, you can open a command-line window and type python into the prompt and hit Enter key--you will get a result like this:

You can get the latest up-to-date and current versions of Python binaries and source code from the official website of Python--https://www.python.org/.

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