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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 scapy function that can capture packets in the same way tools such as tcpdump or Wireshark do?
  2. What is the best way to send a packet with scapy indefinitely every five seconds in the form of a loop?
  3. What is the method that must be invoked with scapy to check whether a certain port (port) is open or closed on a certain machine (host), and also show detailed information about how the packets are being sent?
  4. What functions are necessary to implement the traceroute command in scapy?
  5. Which Python extension module interfaces with the libpcap packet capture library?
  6. Which method in the pcapy interface allows us to capture packets on a specific device?
  7. What are the methods to send a package in Scapy?
  8. Which parameter of the sniff function allows us to define a function that will be applied to each captured packet?
  9. Which format supports scapy for applying filters...