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Mastering Python Networking - Second Edition

By : Eric Chou
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Mastering Python Networking - Second Edition

By: Eric Chou

Overview of this book

Networks in your infrastructure set the foundation for how your application can be deployed, maintained, and serviced. Python is the ideal language for network engineers to explore tools that were previously available to systems engineers and application developers. In this second edition of Mastering Python Networking, you’ll embark on a Python-based journey to transition from traditional network engineers to network developers ready for the next-generation of networks. This book begins by reviewing the basics of Python and teaches you how Python can interact with both legacy and API-enabled network devices. As you make your way through the chapters, you will then learn to leverage high-level Python packages and frameworks to perform network engineering tasks for automation, monitoring, management, and enhanced security. In the concluding chapters, you will use Jenkins for continuous network integration as well as testing tools to verify your network. By the end of this book, you will be able to perform all networking tasks with ease using Python.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Python Scapy

Scapy (https://scapy.net) is a powerful Python-based interactive packet crafting program. Outside of some expensive commercial programs, very few tools can do what Scapy can do, to my knowledge. It is one of my favorite tools in Python.

The main advantage of Scapy is that it allows you to craft your own packet from the very basic level. In the words of Scapy's creator:

"Scapy is a powerful interactive packet manipulation program. It is able to forge or decode packets of a wide number of protocols, send them on the wire, capture them, match requests and replies, and much more.... with most other tools, you won't build something the author did not imagine. These tools have been built for a specific goal and can't deviate much from it."

Let's take a look at the tool.

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