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Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781789340563

Length 548 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Tools

Kali Linux

Concepts

Penetration Testing

Authors (2):

Robert Beggs

Vijay Kumar Velu

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Goal-Based Penetration Testing FREE CHAPTER

2. Open Source Intelligence and Passive Reconnaissance

3. Active Reconnaissance of External and Internal Networks

4. Vulnerability Assessment

5. Advanced Social Engineering and Physical Security

6. Wireless Attacks

7. Exploiting Web-Based Applications

8. Client-Side Exploitation

9. Bypassing Security Controls

10. Exploitation

11. Action on the Objective and Lateral Movement

12. Privilege Escalation

13. Command and Control

14. Embedded Devices and RFID Hacking

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Bypassing the MAC address authentication and open authentication

The Media Access Control (MAC) address uniquely identifies each node in a network. It takes the form of six pairs of hexadecimal digits (0 to 9 and the letters A to F) that are separated by colons or dashes, and usually appears like this: 00:50:56:C0:00:01.

The MAC address is usually associated with a network adapter or a device with networking capability; for this reason, it's frequently called the physical address.

The first three pairs of digits in the MAC address are called the Organizational Unique Identifier, and they serve to identify the company that manufactured or sold the device. The last three pairs of digits are specific to the device and can be considered to be a serial number.

Because a MAC address is unique, it can be used to associate a user to a particular network, especially a wireless network. This has two significant implications—it can be used to identify a hacker or a legitimate network tester who has tried...