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Kali Linux 2 - Assuring Security by Penetration Testing - Third Edition

By : Gerard Johansen, Lee Allen, Tedi Heriyanto, Shakeel Ali
Book Image

Kali Linux 2 - Assuring Security by Penetration Testing - Third Edition

By: Gerard Johansen, Lee Allen, Tedi Heriyanto, Shakeel Ali

Overview of this book

Kali Linux is a comprehensive penetration testing platform with advanced tools to identify, detect, and exploit the vulnerabilities uncovered in the target network environment. With Kali Linux, you can apply appropriate testing methodology with defined business objectives and a scheduled test plan, resulting in a successful penetration testing project engagement. Kali Linux – Assuring Security by Penetration Testing is a fully focused, structured book providing guidance on developing practical penetration testing skills by demonstrating cutting-edge hacker tools and techniques with a coherent, step-by-step approach. This book offers you all of the essential lab preparation and testing procedures that reflect real-world attack scenarios from a business perspective, in today's digital age.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
Kali Linux 2 – Assuring Security by Penetration Testing Third Edition
Credits
Disclaimer
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Wireless network recon


As with penetration testing LANs or over the public Internet, we need to perform reconnaissance to identify our target wireless network. As opposed to having a network connection, we also have to take care and ensure that we do not target a network that we are not authorized to test. This becomes a significant issue when discussing wireless penetration testing, as you will often find a number of wireless networks comingled with a target network. This is especially true in cases where our target organization and their associated networks are located in an office building or park.

Antennas

One key consideration when beginning wireless penetration testing is the selection of antennas. Virtual machines and laptops often do not have the proper wireless cards and antennas to support wireless penetration testing. As a result, you will have to acquire an external antenna that is supported. Most of these antennas, though, can be easily purchased online for a moderate price.

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