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Learn Ethical Hacking from Scratch

You're reading from   Learn Ethical Hacking from Scratch Your stepping stone to penetration testing

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788622059
Length 564 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Zaid Sabih Zaid Sabih
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Preface 1. Introduction FREE CHAPTER 2. Setting Up a Lab 3. Linux Basics 4. Network Penetration Testing 5. Pre-Connection Attacks 6. Network Penetration Testing - Gaining Access 7. Post-Connection Attacks 8. Man-in-the-Middle Attacks 9. Network Penetration Testing, Detection, and Security 10. Gaining Access to Computer Devices 11. Scanning Vulnerabilities Using Tools 12. Client-Side Attacks 13. Client-Side Attacks - Social Engineering 14. Attack and Detect Trojans with BeEF 15. Attacks Outside the Local Network 16. Post Exploitation 17. Website Penetration Testing 18. Website Pentesting - Information Gathering 19. File Upload, Code Execution, and File Inclusion Vulnerabilities 20. SQL Injection Vulnerabilities 21. Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities 22. Discovering Vulnerabilities Automatically Using OWASP ZAP 23. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating fake access points with the MANA Toolkit

In this section, we'll discuss a tool called the MANA Toolkit. The MANA Toolkit allows us to create fake APs. It is very easy to use, and it automatically creates fake APs for us, so that we don't have to manually type commands. The tool also has a few scripts, allowing us to run a number of tools to sniff traffic in the fake AP, bypass HTTPS, and even attempt to bypass HSTS.

The tool comes with three main scripts:

  1. start-noupstream.sh: Basically, this script will create a fake AP. This AP will not have an internet connection, so, when someone connects to this fake AP, they will not be able to connect to the internet.
  2. start-nat-simple.sh: This creates a fake AP with an internet connection. So, when someone connects to this AP, they will be able to access the internet, and all of the packets will be flowing through our...
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