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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786849503321

Autore

Engebretson Pat (Patrick Henry), <1974->

Titolo

The basics of hacking and penetration testing : ethical hacking and penetration testing made easy / / Dr. Patrick Engebretson ; David Kennedy, technical editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Syngress, an imprint of Elsevier, 2013

Waltham, MA : , : Syngress, , 2013

ISBN

0-12-411641-8

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 204 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

005.8

Soggetti

Penetration testing (Computer security)

Computer hackers

Computer software - Testing

Computer crimes - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What is Penetration Testing? -- Reconnaissance -- Scanning -- Exploitation -- Web Based Exploitation -- Maintaining Access with Backdoors and Rootkits -- Wrapping Up the Penetration Test.

Sommario/riassunto

The Basics of Hacking and Penetration Testing serves as an introduction to the steps required to complete a penetration test or perform an ethical hack. You learn how to properly utilize and interpret the results of modern day hacking tools; which are required to complete a penetration test. Tool coverage will include, Backtrack Linux, Google, Whois, Nmap, Nessus, Metasploit, Netcat, Netbus, and more. A simple and clean explanation of how to utilize these tools will allow you  to gain a solid understanding of each of the four phases and prepare them to take on more in-depth texts and