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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 main module that allows us to interact with the python interpreter?
  2. What is the main module that allows us to interact with the OS environment, filesystem, and permissions?
  3. What are the module and the method used to list the contents of the current working directory?
  4. What is the module to execute a command or invoke a process via the call() function?
  5. What is the approach that we can follow in python to handle files and manage exceptions in an easy and secure way?

  1. What is the difference between processes and threads?
  2. What are the main modules in python for creating and managing threads?
  3. What is the limitation that python has when working with threads?
  4. Which class provides a high-level interface for executing input/output tasks in an asynchronous way?
  5. What is the function in the threading module that determines which thread has performed?
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