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Mastering Python for Networking and Security

By : José Ortega
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Mastering Python for Networking and Security

By: José Ortega

Overview of this book

It’s becoming more and more apparent that security is a critical aspect of IT infrastructure. A data breach is a major security incident, usually carried out by just hacking a simple network line. Increasing your network’s security helps step up your defenses against cyber attacks. Meanwhile, Python is being used for increasingly advanced tasks, with the latest update introducing many new packages. This book focuses on leveraging these updated packages to build a secure network with the help of Python scripting. This book covers topics from building a network to the different procedures you need to follow to secure it. You’ll first be introduced to different packages and libraries, before moving on to different ways to build a network with the help of Python scripting. Later, you will learn how to check a network’s vulnerability using Python security scripting, and understand how to check vulnerabilities in your network. As you progress through the chapters, you will also learn how to achieve endpoint protection by leveraging Python packages along with writing forensic scripts. By the end of this book, you will be able to get the most out of the Python language to build secure and robust networks that are resilient to attacks.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Questions

  1. What is the interface for interacting with modules and executing exploits in Metasploit?
  2. What are the main steps to exploit a system with the Metasploit framework?
  3. What is the name of the interface that uses the Metasploit framework for the exchange of information between the clients and the Metasploit server instance?
  4. What is the difference between generic/shell_bind_tcp and generic/shell_reverse_tcp?
  5. Which is the command we can execute to connect with msfconsole?
  6. What is the function we need to use to interact with the framework in the same way that we can do with the msfconsole utility?
  7. What is the name of the remote-access interface that uses the Metasploit framework for the exchange of information between clients and the Metasploit server instance?
  8. How we can obtain the list of all exploits form the Metasploit server?
  9. Which are the modules in the Metasploit Framework...