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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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788992510
Length 426 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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José Manuel Ortega José Manuel Ortega
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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

Introduction to gathering information

The process of collecting information can be automated using both modules that are installed by default in the Python distribution and external modules that are installed in a simple way. Some of the modules that we will see allow us to extract information from servers and services that are running – information such as domain names and banners.

There are many ways to gather information from servers:

  • We can use Shodan to extract information from public servers
  • We can use the socket module to extract banner information from public and private servers
  • We can use the DNSPython module to extract information from DNS servers
  • We can use the pywebfuzz module to obtain possible vulnerabilities
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