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Mastering Python for Networking and Security

You're reading from   Mastering Python for Networking and Security Leverage the scripts and libraries of Python version 3.7 and beyond to overcome networking and security issues

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Published in Jan 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839217166
Length 538 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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José Manuel Ortega is a software engineer, focusing on new technologies, open source, security, and testing. His career goal has been to specialize in Python and security testing projects. In recent years, he has developed an interest in security development, especially in pentesting with Python. Currently, he is working as a security tester engineer and his functions in the role involves the analysis and testing of the security of applications in both web and mobile environments. He has taught at university level and collaborated with the official school of computer engineers. He has also been a speaker at various conferences. He is eager to learn about new technologies and loves to share his knowledge with the community.
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Preface 1. Section 1: The Python Environment and System Programming Tools
2. Chapter 1: Working with Python Scripting FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: System Programming Packages 4. Section 2: Network Scripting and Extracting Information from the Tor Network with Python
5. Chapter 3: Socket Programming 6. Chapter 4: HTTP Programming 7. Chapter 5: Connecting to the Tor Network and Discovering Hidden Services 8. Section 3: Server Scripting and Port Scanning with Python
9. Chapter 6: Gathering Information from Servers 10. Chapter 7: Interacting with FTP, SFTP, and SSH Servers 11. Chapter 8: Working with Nmap Scanner 12. Section 4: Server Vulnerabilities and Security in Python Modules
13. Chapter 9: Interacting with Vulnerability Scanners 14. Chapter 10: Identifying Server Vulnerabilities in Web Applications 15. Chapter 11: Security and Vulnerabilities in Python Modules 16. Section 5: Python Forensics
17. Chapter 12: Python Tools for Forensics Analysis 18. Chapter 13: Extracting Geolocation and Metadata from Documents, Images, and Browsers 19. Chapter 14: Cryptography and Steganography 20. Assessments 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Technical requirements

The examples and source code for this chapter are available in the GitHub repository at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Mastering-Python-for-Networking-and-Security-Second-Edition.

This chapter requires the installation of specific tools for discovering vulnerabilities in web applications. You can use your operating system's package management tool to install them.

Here's a quick how-to guide on installing these tools in a Debian-based Linux operating system with the help of the following command:

sudo apt-get install sqlmap

Check out the following video to see the Code in Action: https://bit.ly/2U1jdUl

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