To get the most out of this book

It is recommended to have a PC with 8 GB RAM and a virtual system setup with Kali Linux installed on it. Kali Linux image file for VMware/VirtualBox/Hyper-V can be downloaded from https://www.offensive-security.com/kali-linux-vm-vmware-virtualbox-hyperv-image-download/.

Download the color images

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. You can download it here: https://www.packtpub.com/sites/default/files/downloads/NetworkVulnerabilityAssessment_ColorImages.pdf.

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

CodeInText: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Netcraft and then writes the output to file output.txt."

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

root@kali:~# theharvester -d demo.testfire.net -l 20 -b google -h output.html

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Logs can be viewed by opening the Logs application located at Applications | Usual Applications | Utilities | Logs."

Warnings or important notes appear like this.

Tips and tricks appear like this.