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Python for Security and Networking

You're reading from   Python for Security and Networking Leverage Python modules and tools in securing your network and applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837637553
Length 586 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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José Manuel Ortega José Manuel Ortega
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Python Environment and System Programming Tools
2. Working with Python Scripting FREE CHAPTER 3. System Programming Packages 4. Section 2: Network Scripting and Packet Sniffing with Python
5. Socket Programming 6. HTTP Programming and Web Authentication 7. Analyzing Network Traffic and Packet Sniffing 8. Section 3: Server Scripting and Port Scanning with Python
9. Gathering Information from Servers with OSINT Tools 10. Interacting with FTP, SFTP, and SSH Servers 11. Working with Nmap Scanner 12. Section 4: Server Vulnerabilities and Security in Web Applications
13. Interacting with Vulnerability Scanners 14. Interacting with Server Vulnerabilities in Web Applications 15. Obtain Information from Vulnerabilities Databases 16. Section 5: Python Forensics
17. Extracting Geolocation and Metadata from Documents, Images, and Browsers 18. Python Tools for Brute-Force Attacks 19. Cryptography and Code Obfuscation 20. Assessments – Answers to the End-of-Chapter Questions
21. Other Books You May Enjoy
22. Index

Questions

As we conclude, here is a list of questions for you to test your knowledge regarding this chapter’s material. You will find the answers in the Assessments section of the Appendix:

  1. Which method from the PortScanner class is used to perform scans synchronously?
  2. Which method from the PortScanner class is used to perform scans asynchronously?
  3. How can we launch an asynchronous scan on a given host and port if we initialize the object with the self.portScannerAsync = nmap.PortScannerAsync() instruction?
  4. How can we launch a synchronous scan on a given host and port if we initialize the object with the self.portScanner = nmap.PortScanner() instruction?
  5. Which function is necessary to define when we perform asynchronous scans using the PortScannerAsync() class?
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