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Author Allen, Lee (Information security specialist)

Title Advanced penetration testing for highly-secured environments : the ultimate security guide : learn to perform professional penetration testing for highly-secured environments with this intensive hands-on guide / Lee Allen
Published Birmingham, U.K. : Packt Pub., 2012

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Series Community experience distilled
Community experience distilled.
Contents Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Planning and Scoping for a Successful Penetration Test; Introduction to advanced penetration testing; Vulnerability assessments; Penetration testing; Advanced penetration testing; Before testing begins; Determining scope; Setting limits -- nothing lasts forever; Rules of engagement documentation; Planning for action; Installing VirtualBox; Installing your BackTrack virtual machine; Preparing the virtual guest machine for BackTrack
Installing BackTrack on the virtual disk imageExploring BackTrack; Logging in; Changing the default password; Updating the applications and operating system; Installing OpenOffice; Effectively manage your test results; Introduction to MagicTree; Starting MagicTree; Adding nodes; Data collection; Report generation; Introduction to the Dradis Framework; Exporting a project template; Importing a project template; Preparing sample data for import; Importing your Nmap data; Exporting data into HTML; Dradis Category field; Changing the default HTML template; Summary
Chapter 2: Advanced Reconnaissance TechniquesIntroduction to reconnaissance; Reconnaissance workflow; DNS recon; Nslookup -- it's there when you need it; Default output; Changing nameservers; Creating an automation script; What did we learn?; Domain Information Groper (Dig); Default output; Zone transfers using Dig; Advanced features of Dig; DNS brute forcing with fierce; Default command usage; Creating a custom wordlist; Gathering and validating domain and IP information; Gathering information with whois; Specifying which registrar to use; Where in the world is this IP?; Defensive measures
Using search engines to do your job for youSHODAN; Filters; Understanding banners; Finding specific assets; Finding people (and their documents) on the web; Google hacking database; Metagoofil; Searching the Internet for clues; Metadata collection; Extracting metadata from photos using exiftool; Summary; Chapter 3: Enumeration: Choosing Your Targets Wisely; Adding another virtual machine to our lab; Configuring and testing our Vlab_1 clients; BackTrack -- Manual ifconfig; Ubuntu -- Manual ifconfig; Verifying connectivity; Maintaining IP settings after reboot; Nmap -- getting to know you
Commonly seen Nmap scan types and optionsBasic scans -- warming up; Other Nmap techniques; Remaining stealthy; Shifting blame -- the zombies did it!; IDS rules, how to avoid them; Using decoys; Adding custom Nmap scripts to your arsenal; How to decide if a script is right for you; Adding a new script to the database; SNMP: A goldmine of information just waiting to be discovered; SNMPEnum; SNMPCheck; When the SNMP community string is NOT ""public""; Creating network baselines with scanPBNJ; Setting up MySQL for PBNJ; Starting MySQL; Preparing the PBNJ database; First scan; Reviewing the data
Summary Learn to perform professional penetration testing for highly-secured environments with this intensive hands-on guide with this book and ebook
Notes English
Online resource; title from cover, (Safari, viewed Sep. 11, 2012)
Subject Computer security -- Testing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Penetration testing (Computer security) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Computer networks -- Security measures -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Computer networks -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
COMPUTERS -- Security -- Online Safety & Privacy.
COMPUTERS -- Security -- Networking.
COMPUTERS -- Security -- General.
Computer networks
Computer networks -- Security measures
Penetration testing (Computer security)
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781621989059
1621989054
9781849517751
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9781280677472
9786613654403
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