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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 are the main mechanisms for scoring vulnerabilities, taking into account a set of standardized and easy-to-measure criteria?

  2. Which package and class did we use to interact with nessus from python?

  3. Which method in the nessrest module launches a scan in a specify the target?

  4. Which method in the nessrest module gets the details of a scan in a specify the target?

  5. What is the main class to connect from Python with the nexpose server?

  6. What are the methods responsible for listing all detected vulnerabilities and returning the details of a particular vulnerability in the nexpose server?

  7. What is the name of the Python module that allows us to parse and get the information obtained from the nexpose server?

  8. What is the name of the Python module that allows us to connect to the NexPose vulnerability scanner?

  9. What is the name of the Python module that allows...