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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)

Port scanning with python-nmap

In this section we review the python-nmap module for port scanning in Python. We will learn how the python-nmap module uses Nmap and how it is a very useful tool for optimizing tasks regarding discovery services in a specific target (domain, network, or IP address).

Introduction to python-nmap

In Python we can make use of Nmap through the python-nmap library, which allows us to manipulate the results of a scan easily. In addition, it can be a perfect tool for system administrators or computer security consultants when it comes to automating penetration-testing processes.

python-nmap is a tool that is used within the scope of security audits or intrusion tests and its main functionality is to...