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Kali Linux Network Scanning Cookbook

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2017
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ISBN-13 9781787287907
Length 634 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Michael Hixon Michael Hixon
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

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

Firewall identification with Metasploit

Metasploit has a scanning auxiliary module that can be used to perform multithreaded analysis of network ports to determine whether those ports are filtered, based on SYN/ACK probe-response analysis.

Getting ready

To use Metasploit to perform firewall identification, you will need to have a remote system that is running network services. Additionally, you will need to implement some type of filtering mechanism. This can be done with an independent firewall device or with host-based filtering such as Windows Firewall. By manipulating the filtering settings on the firewall device, you should be able to modify the results of the scans.

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