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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

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2017

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781787287907

Length 634 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

TCP

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Network Security

Author (1):

Michael Hixon

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

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

Using the Burp Suite web application scanner

Burp Suite can also service as an effective web application vulnerability scanner. This feature can be used to perform both passive analysis and active scanning. In this recipe, we will discuss how to perform both passive and active vulnerability scanning using the Burp Suite scanner.

Getting ready

To use Burp Suite to perform web application analysis against a target, you will need to have a remote system that is running one or more web applications. In the examples provided, an instance of Metasploitable2 is used to perform this task. Metasploitable2 has several preinstalled vulnerable web applications running on the TCP port 80. For more information on setting up Metasploitable2, refer to the Installing Metasploitable2...

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Authors (1)

Hixon

Hixon

Michael Hixon currently works as a security consultant with a focus on penetration testing and web application security. He previously served in the United States Marine Corp, where he was an infantryman, security forces member, and counterintelligence agent. After the military, he worked as a programmer before changing his focus to IT security. He has worked for the Red Cross, Department of Defense, Department of Justice, and numerous intelligence agencies in his career. He holds a bachelors degree in management information systems and multiple professional information-security certifications, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), eLearnSecurity Web Application Penetration Tester (eWPT), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), and eLearnSecurity Certified Professional Penetration Tester (eCPPT). He currently runs the Baltimore chapter of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP).

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