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

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788992510

Length 426 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Raspberry Pi

Concepts

Network Security

Author (1):

José Manuel Ortega

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

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

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Interacting with FTP, SSH, and SNMP Servers

his chapter will help you to understand the modules that allow us to interact with FTP, SSH, and SNMP servers. In this chapter, we will explore how the computers in a network can interact with each other. Some of the tools that allow us to connect with FTP, SSH, and SNMP servers can be found in Python, among which we can highlight FTPLib, Paramiko, and PySNMP.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

Learning and understanding FTP protocols and how to connect with FTP servers with the ftplib module
Learning and understanding how to build an anonymous FTP scanner with Python
Learning and understanding how to connect with SSH servers with the Paramiko module
Learning and understanding how to connect with SSH servers with the pxssh module
Learning and understanding SNMP protocol and how to connect with SNMP servers with the...

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Authors (1)

José Manuel Ortega

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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