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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817584603321

Titolo

Penetration tester's open source toolkit / / Johnny Long ... [et al.] ; foreword by Max Moser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rockland, MA, : Syngress Pub., 2006

ISBN

1-281-03556-4

0-08-048952-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (736 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LongJohnny

Disciplina

005.8

Soggetti

Computer hackers

Computer networks - Security measures

Computer security

Electronic information resources - Access control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Sommario/riassunto

Penetration testing a network requires a delicate balance of art and science. A penetration tester must be creative enough to think outside of the box to determine the best attack vector into his own network, and also be expert in using the literally hundreds of tools required to execute the plan. This book provides both the art and the science. The authors of the book are expert penetration testers who have developed many of the leading pen testing tools; such as the Metasploit framework. The authors allow the reader "inside their heads? to unravel the mysteries of thins like identify