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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
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Community experience distilled |
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Community experience distilled.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Online resource; title from cover, (Safari, viewed Sep. 11, 2012) |
Subject |
Computer security -- Testing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Penetration testing (Computer security) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Computer networks -- Security measures -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Computer networks -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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COMPUTERS -- Security -- Online Safety & Privacy.
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COMPUTERS -- Security -- Networking.
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COMPUTERS -- Security -- General.
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Computer networks
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Computer networks -- Security measures
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Penetration testing (Computer security)
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Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781621989059 |
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1621989054 |
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9781849517751 |
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1849517754 |
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1280677473 |
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9781280677472 |
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9786613654403 |
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661365440X |
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