Search icon CANCEL
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Mastering Python for Networking and Security

You're reading from   Mastering Python for Networking and Security Leverage Python scripts and libraries to overcome networking and security issues

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788992510
Length 426 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
José Manuel Ortega José Manuel Ortega
Author Profile Icon José Manuel Ortega
José Manuel Ortega
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Working with Python Scripting 2. System Programming Packages FREE CHAPTER 3. Socket Programming 4. HTTP Programming 5. Analyzing Network Traffic 6. Gathering Information from Servers 7. Interacting with FTP, SSH, and SNMP Servers 8. Working with Nmap Scanners 9. Connecting with the Metasploit Framework 10. Interacting with the Vulnerabilities Scanner 11. Identifying Server Vulnerabilities in Web Applications 12. Extracting Geolocation and Metadata from Documents, Images, and Browsers 13. Cryptography and Steganography 14. Assessments 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Getting vulnerable addresses in servers with Fuzzing

In this section, we will learn about the fuzzing process and how we can use this practice with python projects to obtain URLs and addresses vulnerable to attackers.

The Fuzzing process

A fuzzer is a program where we have a file that contains URLs that can be predictable for a specific application or servers. Basically, we do a request for each predictable URL, and if we see that the response is OK, it means that we have found a URL that is not public or is hidden, but later we see that we can access it.

Like most exploitable conditions, the fuzzing process is only useful against systems that improperly sanitize input, or that take more data than they can handle.

In general...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at €18.99/month. Cancel anytime