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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

You're reading from   Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux Testing web security is best done through simulating an attack. Kali Linux lets you do this to professional standards and this is the book you need to be fully up-to-speed with this powerful open-source toolkit.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782163169
Length 342 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Penetration Testing and Setup FREE CHAPTER 2. Reconnaissance 3. Server-side Attacks 4. Client-side Attacks 5. Attacking Authentication 6. Web Attacks 7. Defensive Countermeasures 8. Penetration Test Executive Report Index

Other tools


Kali Linux offers many tools that could be useful for web-based attacks. Here are some additional tools available in Kali Linux that have not been covered and could be used for remote Penetration Testing.

DNSCHEF

DNSChef is a DNS proxy for Penetration Testers and Malware Analysts. A DNS proxy also known as "Fake DNS" is a tool used for application network traffic analysis and other use cases. Domain Name System (DNS) is a distributed naming system for computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or private network. Providing fake DNS addresses can redirect traffic to other desired locations.

For example, a DNS proxy can be used to fake requests for badguy.com to point to a local machine for termination or interception instead of a real host somewhere on the Internet. For this to work, you need to gain access and modify DNS entries on a single server or poison the real DNS so that traffic gets to the Kali Linux server. The DNSChef tool is easy to use; however, the...

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